512 E Jackson Grocery James Buford Nichols (Jimmie) on the left and James Grant Nichols with the glasses. LR

Jack Neely is executive director of the Knoxville History Project. He has become one of Knoxville’s most popular writers and its unofficial historian. Jack is well known for his thoughtful, well-researched, and provocative pieces of long-form journalism, not to mention his books, speeches, and other public appearances...

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