Come Friday, the community celebrations marking Juneteenth will begin, from the Beck Cultural Center to Haley Heritage Square to the Knoxville Botanical Gardens.
A wealth of information on the Black experience …
This Friday kicks off four days of events celebrating the Eighth of August Jubilee with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. The eighth of August is recognized as the Day of …
On Jan. 1, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and executive order that legally gave freedom to enslaved people in the …
Here’s a list of the Juneteenth celebrations going on in Knoxville this weekend.
Saturday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m.
SEEED Knox presents the Juneteenth Celebration Block Party at 1617 Dandridge Avenue, 37915. …
The historic mansion that houses the heart of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center in Knoxville has witnessed volatile years of hatred and violence. But it has survived and has become …
The Big Ears Festival is back in a big way March 24-27 after being on hold for two years due to Covid-19. The bad news is, if you don’t already …
Beauford Delaney grew up in Knoxville and went on to achieve international acclaim as one of the great modernist painters of the 20th Century.
In many ways, his achievements were more …
For over 50 years, hundreds of people gathered at the McMillan Memorial Chapel at Knoxville College to attend the annual presentation of George Fredric Handel’s Messiah by the Knoxville College …
