Beck Cultural Exchange Center presents the 10th virtual Racial Justice Town Hall featuring “Men of Austin-East.” In pursuit of Racial Justice. Knoxville’s black communities are in peril, our youth have always been…
Georgia’s New Voting laws: A litmus test for other majority red State houses
‘This is the first litmus test’: Andrea Young of the ACLU of Georgia on corporations and voting rights. The civil rights group’s executive director talks to The 19th about holding corporations accountable…
Criminalizing the Mountain South: Persistent Inequalities roundtable
Haines Morris Endowment Roundtable is a free virtual event that is open to the public, Wednesday, April 14, 5:30-7:30 pm. Registration required using the link provided below. The Black Lives Matter uprising…
Randy Boyd, City and County Mayors building 10 Dog Parks, while planning baseball park
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (September 14, 2020) — The Knox County Parks and Recreation Department plans to build 10 new dog parks within the next couple of years thanks to a grant program initiated…
Boys & Girls Club Black History Month Art Contest winners
UScellular has announced its winners of the Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley Annual Black History Month Art Contest KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (April 1, 2021) – UScellular announced the three…
Cherokee Health offers COVID Vaccination clinics across East Tennessee
Cherokee Health Systems is receiving limited quantities of the COVID-19 vaccines. Community events and vaccination clinics are planned to give vaccinations in accordance with the State of Tennessee vaccine categories. The…
Highlander Center Annual Report 2019-2020 and what you helped to make possible
Highlander Center Annual Report for the years 2018-2020. Your support through these trying times has helped to make it all possible and is much appreciated. New Market, Tenn. (April 3, 2021) –…
Greenway planned from Harriet Tubman Park to the Knoxville Botanical Gardens
Knoxville, Tenn. (March 26, 2021) – Design work has been underway, since 2019, on a new 2-mile greenway in East Knoxville that will connect Harriet Tubman Park with the Knoxville Botanical Garden…
FEMA to pay for COVID-19 Funerals
WASHINGTON (March 26, 2021) — FEMA will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of the financial…
UT Partnership with Knoxville College and Tenn. Tech Includes Access to its Vast Resources
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has entered into a collaborative partnership with two regional postsecondary institutions: Knoxville College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville. KNOXVILLLE, TN (February 25, 2021) – As the state’s flagship…
Coca-Cola UNITED offers HBCU Students internship with stipend
Pay It Forward campaign offers 32 HBCU students from 16 colleges from across 6 states will receive a week of training and a $1,000 school stipend. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.– Coca-Cola Bottling Company…
UT Residence Halls to be Renamed for two Black Trailblazers
KNOXVILLE, TN (March 2021) – Theotis Robinson didn’t want the admissions office to know he was Black. So after graduating from Knoxville’s Austin High School, he left off the school’s name when…
Vernon Jordan Remembered as ‘A Man in Full’
“Black people today, for all our righteous anger and forceful dissent, still believe in the American Dream. And we must, in this year of doubt and confusion, remind a forgetting nation that…
Tax Strategist Helping Minorities Get PPP Loans
The BOSS Network has partnered with Syreeta Talbert, a certified tax preparer, and the PPP Second Chance Program to assist African Americans in applying for business loans. Nationwide (March 2021) – The…
John Spratling, recognized as exceptional teacher
Spratling awarded Civil Rights and Liberties Excellence Teaching Award. Oak Ridge, TN – John Spratling’s dedication to his students at Robertsville Middle School in Oak Ridge, TN has brought much attention to…
William “David” Hunter, KCSD Deputy (ret.) and writer, dies
Powell, TN – William “David” Hunter, age 73, of Powell, TN, passed away peacefully on February 21, 2021. He was a retired detective from Knox County Sheriff’s Office, a former op-ed columnist…
New Freedom Pass gives KCS students free KAT Bus Rides all day, all year.
KNOXVILLE, TN (February 1, 2021) – The new Freedom Pass allows unlimited rides on KAT’s fixed-route bus service through Dec. 31, 2021. “The City’s Freedom Pass program will increase access to after-school…
Democratic Prebuttal to Gov. Lee’s State of the State Address
Today, Friday, February 5, 2021, Tennessee Senator Raumesh Akbari will deliver a pre-buttal to Governor Lee’s State of the State. The pre-buttal will tell the truth of where our state is and…
David Hunter is Back in the Saddle
EDITORIAL By David Hunter (January 23, 2021) – For those who might have actually missed my contributions to the East Tennessee Enlightener, I’ve been absent for a while – occupied by avoiding…
GOP Elected Officials Complicity in Insurrection
OP-ED Knox County Democratic Party’s Statement on Tennessee and Knox County GOP Elected Officials’ Complicity in Recent Seditious Actions KNOXVILLE (Jan. 6, 2021)— Our local and state Republican Elected Officials are complicit…
MAYORS UNVEIL COVID-19 MEMORIAL
KNOXVILLE, TN (Dec. 30, 2020) – Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs held a brief, private ceremony unveiling a COVID-19 memorial on the front lawn of…
SEEED Knox the focus of County Mayor’s Community Connections series
CAPTION: Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs (R) interviewed SEEED Knox Executive Dir. Stan Johnson, for the small business Community Connection series. Community Connection Series Features SEEED Knox. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 2020) —…
The Links, Incorporated Knoxville, Celebrate 50 years of community service
The Knoxville, Tennessee Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Celebrated its Golden Anniversary KNOXVILLE, TN (Dec. 2020) – The Links, Incorporated-Knoxville, Tenn. Chapter celebrated 50 years of service to the local community….
SCAM ALERT: Targeting KUB Customers
KUB has experienced an increase in customers reporting scam attempts. A call with a threat of shutoff within hours or that day, etc., WILL NOT come from KUB. KNOXVILLE, TN (Nov….
Drum Majors Step Up In Unusual Band Season
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges for schools across the country, but at Carter High School it gave a pair of student leaders the opportunity to step up. By Josh Flory KNOXVILLE,…