And when it comes to learning Newton Smith’s story, there is no better source than words written by his wife, Rosa Anna Teamer Smith. “Newton was born in slavery and I was born in the troubled ...

They then hired Rosa Smith (left) in April 1944. Smith was persuaded to apply by her brother, who also was a police officer the department said.

Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, Nashville native Edna Smith defied Jim Crow Fellow Nashville native Stokes Nielson is seeking to honor her legacy nearly a century after she was ...

SMITH, ROSA C., 92, a resident of Cedar Island Club, New Smyrna Beach, died April 22, 2006, at the residence of her daughter, Betty Jane Smith, Longwood. Betty has been her longtime companion and c… ...

This article was published by The Shreveport Journal on Wed., Feb. 26, 1958, after Rosa Anna Teamer Smith’s death. And though there is a slant to the story, the article does give us clues about ...

Newt Smith’s wealth was estimated at $340,000, not including cattle or money from mineral rights. Those figures are significant, too, because the herd of cattle owned by Newt and Rosa was so ...