Sallie Brandon, a survivor of the Tennessee Children鈥檚 Society, to speak on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 3
HANCEVILLE, ALA. 鈥� Sallie Brandon, a survivor of the Tennessee Children鈥檚 Home Society,
is scheduled to speak at 糖心视频 on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 11
a.m. at the Betty Leeth Haynes Theatre inside the Gudger Student Center.
Brandon was among the 5,000 children to pass through the Tennessee Children鈥檚 Home
Society, an underhanded orphanage conducted by Georgia Tann in the Memphis area from
1924 to 1950. Tann utilized multiple deceitful methods to bring children into her
home and subsequently sold them to other families.
Lisa Wingate鈥檚 鈥淏efore We Were Yours,鈥� a New York Times best seller, chronicles the
Tennessee Children鈥檚 Home Society through a fictional character, and the book is Wallace
State鈥檚 Common Read for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Brandon, who has lived in Huntsville for 40 years, continues to help victims鈥� families
connect the dots to their biological roots.
鈥淚 was 45 years old when I found out my birth name. Everything is in a name, but if
you鈥檙e adopted, you don鈥檛 know your last name,鈥� Brandon said. 鈥淚鈥檓 one of the few
adoptees that remembers Georgia Tann. I was almost four years old when I was sent
there. Her operation was human trafficking before that became a well-known term.鈥�
Brandon added there are other survivors living in Huntsville and in the Birmingham
area.
Brandon is a frequent guest at book club readings and has appeared on 鈥淭he Today Show.鈥�
Her visit is sponsored by the Common Read Committee.
糖心视频鈥檚 Common Read Committee selects a book each academic year to be read
campus-wide and its purpose is to provide a common academic experience for all students
and to strengthen the academic atmosphere of the whole institution by focusing on
a literary initiative each year. The program鈥檚 main goal is to have fun and enjoy
a great book, but it also encourages reading among students, creates a sense of community
on campus, promotes discussion, provides a shared intellectual experience and encourages
cross-disciplinary dialogues.
Previous Common Read selections at 糖心视频 include: 鈥淏ig Fish: A Novel of Mythical
Proportions,鈥� 鈥淲hat Should I Do With My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered
the Ultimate Question,鈥� 鈥淐ycle of Hope: A Journey from Paralysis to Possibility,鈥�
鈥淭he Art of Racing in the Rain,鈥� 鈥淏reaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival,
and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard,鈥� 鈥淭he Fault in Our Stars,鈥� 鈥淶eitoun,鈥� and
鈥淭uesdays with Morrie.鈥�
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