Black history

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Ephemera from the Beck Cultural Exchange Center

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Newspapers. Enlightener (Knoxville, Tenn.): 1985-1987; 1991-1994; 2001-2003; 2004-2005; 2006-2007; 2008-2009; 2010-2013. Published by P. A. Williams, Knoxville

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Columbia Record

Columbia Graphophone Company

Grand Prizes Paris 1900, St. Louis 1904, Milan 1906

Side A:

River of Jordan

Folk Song

Sung by Fisk University Male Quartette

A 1932

(46146)

Side B:

Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray

Folk Song

Sung by Fisk University Male Quartette

A 1932

(46148)

Engraved in disc: 46146; 45148

Scope and Contents Interview with Knoxville civil rights activist and African-American historian Robert J. Booker by McClung Collection Director Steve Cotham in 2003.Booker discusess his life growing up in Knoxville, his time at Knoxville College, his role in the civil rights movement, desegregation protests at lunch counters and the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, work in Guinea for Crossroads Africa, his time in the Tennessee state legislature, working for Stroh's beer in Detroit, his...

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Research and writing compiled by RJB during his time as archivist/historian with the McClung Historical collection 2008-2010 while working with the Knoxville College Archives. He was responsible for getting the Knoxville College Archives placed on long-term deposit with the McClung Historical Collection.

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Interview with Knoxville civil rights leader and educator Sarah Moore Greene by McClung Collection Director Steve Cotham in 2003.

Greene discusses her childhood in Madisonville, early years teaching, Mountain View School, Sarah Moore Greene School, her work with the NAACP. She was an advocate for early childhood edcuation and in 1969 became the first African-American member of the Knox County school board.