East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

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  • FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS BULLET SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE BULLET BY THE PEOPLE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND 250 Federation of State Humanities Councils logo Humanities Tennessee Our Stories. Our State. logo TENNESSEE ARTS COMMISSION Cultivate. Create. Participate. THEN NOW NEXT CRAFTERS, GROWERS & REVOLUTIONARY IDEALS logo FEATURING Headshots of featured presenters: DR. TORREN L. GATSON WOKIE MASSAQUOI-WICKS BROOKS LAMB ALI SIMPSON

    Then Now Next: Crafters, Growers & Revolutionary Ideals

    East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    Farmers and craftspeople made the American Revolution possible and shaped the growth of American democracy. Tennessee growers and crafters have always been - and continue to be - part of this process. Make plans to join local practitioners and scholars for a panel discussion exploring 250 years of the civic, social, and economic roles of…

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  • Tennessee Book Award Reception: Knoxville

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    East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    Humanities Tennessee will host a reading, reception, and award presentation for Denton Loving, winner of the inaugural Tennessee Book Award in Poetry.

  • The African American Moviegoing Experience in the Segregated Era

    East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    Robert J. Booker will delve into the history of the African American moviegoing experience in Knoxville, Tennessee, in a conversation with Knoxville History Project Executive Director Jack Neely. Booker will discuss the city’s segregated Black theaters from the early 1900s to the 1960s, as well as his experiences at the Bijou Theatre, where African Americans…