From the Grassroots Roundtable: Preserving Places and Stories in the East Tennessee Black Community

Name: From the Grassroots Roundtable: Preserving Places and Stories in the East Tennessee Black Community
Start: 2024-07-24T12:00:00-04:00
Location: 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902

Schedule

Wed Jul 24 2024 at 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902 | Knoxville, TN

Please join our esteemed panelists as they consider their contributions to the preservation of spaces and stories in their home communities, whether through ensuring the Black community’s history and family connections are shared and/or buildings themselves are saved and reused. They will also share their dreams of next steps and share insights on conducting community projects.
Panelist:
--William Isom, Director, Black in Appalachia
--Adam Dickson, Community Leader and Supervisor, Langston Center in Johnson City
--Rita Lorraine Hubbard, Award Winning Educator and Children’s Author, Chattanooga
--Julia Daniel, Tri County African American Culture Museum and Mayme Carmichael School Organization, Oliver Springs
Lectures are free and open to the public. In-person at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay Street or online on Zoom & Facebook Live, advance registration is required for Zoom. Guests are invited to bring a “Brown Bag” lunch.
Brown Bag Lectures are made possible through the generous support of the Albers Family Foundation in loving memory of Harriet Z. and Edward S. "Bud" Albers, Jr.