Randy Boyd, local entrepreneur and president of the University of Tennessee, was at the E. Fifth Avenue offices of the Knoxville Area Urban League on June 30 to present checks …
Urban League provides shoes, supplies despite pandemic
The Knoxville Area Urban League’s 18th annual Shoes for School became a drive-through and pickup event Saturday, Aug. 1, after the traditional festival in Caswell Park was canceled in 2020 …
Diversity Business Expo on Thursday, March 5
The city of Knoxville and fellow members of the East Tennessee Purchasing Association will host the second annual Diversity Business Expo on Thursday, March 5, from 8 a.m. to noon …
Urban League seeks members
As we look toward the future of the Knoxville Area Urban League, we need to remember the vision of Whitney M. Young, an iconic American civil rights leader. He spent …
Urban League looks back but plans for the future
The Knoxville Area Urban League (KAUL) “Empowers Communities and Changes Lives.” That’s our mission, and as we reflect on 2019 we ask ourselves how we can move forward. Well, we …
Urban League Gala: A night to remember
The Clinton 12 received the Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oct. 24 gala sponsored by the Knoxville Area Urban League at the Knoxville Convention Center. It …
Phyllis Nichols: 25 years of Urban League service and counting
When Martin Luther King Jr. mesmerized the nation with his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, African-American equality with whites in job opportunities, housing, voting rights, civil rights and …