Honoring our Stripes🐯 Remembering Thelma Harper 🐅🤍 First African American woman state senator in Tennessee, Elected in 1989, Longest serving female state senator in Tennessee (1989-2019), First woman to preside over the Senate, First African-American woman to serve as the chair of the Senate Government Operations Committee(102nd-105th General Assemblies), Vice chair of the Senate State and Local Government Committee (97th & 101st General Assemblies), First senator to serve as chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus, Executive committeewoman for the 2nd district (1980), Served in the City Council (8 years) 🚨Stay tuned as we continue to Honor our Stripes with more Big Blue Legends🐅💙 #ThelmaHarper #Politics #Womeninpolitics #BlackHistoryMonth #HonoringourStripes #RoarCity #GoBigBlue #Senate #BigBlueLegends #Legends #TennesseeStateFootball #TennesseeStateUniversity