Little Known Black History Facts

Author Fawn Weaver learned about the story of a Black man that reportedly taught Jack Daniel the art of distilling in Lynchburg, Tennessee. With her research efforts, she uncovered that there was more to the man named Nathan “Nearest” Green and has created a foundation to honor his whiskey-making legacy. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, the […]

Jack Daniels, the top-selling American whiskey brand in the world, has long said that a white moonshine maker was responsible for creating the popular bourbon. But the company now says that a slave might have been the actual mastermind behind the popular brown liquor. The original story is that preacher and moonshine man Dan Call took […]