Prominent Black Knoxvillians lived in what is now Beck Cultural Exchange Center before the house was bought for the nonprofit 50 years ago.

He was threatened by the KKK but chose to move into the house anyway. James and Ethel Beck, prominent members of Knoxville's Black community, bought the house in 1965 where they lived until their ...

The Ku Klux Klan soon acted, Kesler said. Before Lennon could move in, the hate group poured gasoline on a 10 to 12-foot cross outside the house and lit it on fire, the Knoxville News Sentinel ...

Talladega is 2.66 miles of asphalt foolishness. The banked turns were designed at 33-degree angles, meaning, when you're ...

The World's Fair was in Knoxville, where fairgoers could use ... He was confronted by the Ku Klux Klan. He raced without sponsors and under constant death threats. Somehow L.W. Wright felt a ...

Raised in Knoxville, Tennessee ... The classes were in response to members of the KKK leaving flyers throughout the community in January, instructing immigrants to deport themselves.

BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM. NOW FROM KNOXVILLE SCHOOLS. ALL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AFTER A POSSIBLE THREAT FORCED THE DISTRICT INTO A LOCKDOWN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SUPERINTENDENT ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — One Knoxville SC is headed home for their first-ever match at Covenant Health Park following a six-week road trip to kick off the 2025 season. The team is off to its ...