A new book presents rare images of African Americans in Rutherford County.  Assembled by Devora E. Butler (05), the book is part of Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series.  It features more than 200 vintage images including a number of historic ones dating back to the 1800s.  Divided into three sections, Education, the Military and Faces and Places of Rutherford County, the book shows how the church is the backbone of the local African American community.  Butler is a native of Murfreesboro. The Butler family has been in the same area for over 125 years and has been designated a “Century Farm” family in the state of Tennessee—one of only four African American families with such a designation.  She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, majoring in political science; earned a master’s in education from the University of London, England; and a master’s in teaching from Belmont University.