Georgia Tann and The Tennessee Children’s Home Society scandal
A marker at Elmwood Cemetery to 19 children from the Tennessee Children’s Home Society buried in unmarked graves shows signs of recent activity and the ongoing impact of the black market adoption scandal. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Here is a brief history of the scandal surrounding the 25-year tenure of Georgia Tann as the head of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society in Memphis.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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