Robert Booker (politician)

Robert Booker is a historian, author, and politician. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Booker grew up in the East Knoxville neighborhood known as the "Bottom" and went to Austin-East High School. He served three years in the U.S. Army and was impressed by the freedoms and absence of segregation he experienced while stationed in Europe. Upon his return he graduated from Knoxville College on a G. I. Bill scholarship.