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Remembering Eudora Boxley, a trailblazing TV cook from WLAC's early days
Forrest Sanders recently introduced us to a Nashville hero named Eudora Boxley. She was the first black woman to have a cooking show on TV in Nashville. Her grandson was precious describing Eudora and how she raised him and how proud he and the family were of her impact not only on WLAC but on a city during the turbulent Civil Rights Era. A woman who did extraordinary things at a time when history did not expect her to.
-Amy Watson
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"I think it would bring a tremendous amount of joy to him. You feel like you mourn alone when you lose someone, so the fact that these people go through this effort, it meant a lot."
A writer for a Kentucky newspaper sought to bring positivity with the articles he wrote. After his life changed, he felt a calling to help people through a new column. The power of that writer's work has never been stronger.
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He helped people with his frank articles about cancer. His legacy continues.