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Ben Rodgers & NAACP Cookeville Chapter

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Ben Rodgers visits with Tom Savage, a representative for Cookeville's chapter of the NAACP. They talk about Tom's life growing up in Livingston before moving to Cookeville, his career at Cummins as an union representative, and more on the Cookeville branch of the NAACP and the upcoming event on Saturday.

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