April is National Minority Health Month (NMHM), a time to raise awareness about health disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority populations and to encourage action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications. The National Urban League is honoring fearless and courageous Black women for #BlackMaternalHealthWeek. In Knoxville, the African-American Health…
“Today, we feel a sigh of relief. Still, it cannot take away the pain. A measure of justice isn’t the same as equal justice. This verdict brings us a step closer. And, the fact is, we still have work to do. We still must reform the system. Last summer, together with Senator Cory Booker and…
Experts say police brutality is a reproductive health issue that can leave lasting imprints on a community’s health. Mothers of black children’s anguish -‘we can’t protect them!’ What it means to be the mother of a Black child in America. By Barbara Rodriguez, Mariel Padilla The 19th news media NATIONAL (April 21, 2021) – Maria Fernandez…
Public Notice: On account of Governor Lee’s Executive Order # 78 expiring on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021; the Knoxville City Council will resume traditional in-person meetings. Below are dates of in-person meetings the City Council and Beer Board will have in the coming weeks. All meetings listed here will be in the Main Assembly Room…
Enjoy this weekend at The Bottom Knoxville, a black-owned bookstore comprised of books for children, teens and adults by black authors. From the latest from poet Amanda Gourman to classic by James Baldwin can be found at The Bottom at 202 Randolph Street near Knoxville’s Old City. The festivities this weekend includes Grab-N-Go Book sales…
KNOXVILLE, TN (April 20, 2021) – The East Tennessee Enlightener has joined a local media coalition in a motion for the release of the KPD bodycam footage of the officer-involved shooting death of a student at Austin-East High School. District attorney general Charme Allen has optioned to not release bodycam videos at this time and…
SEEED (Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development) will have a groundbreaking for its first completely solar-powered home of the future that will be in the Lonsdale community. Knoxville, Tenn April 20, 2021, – On Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 at 1 pm, SEEED (Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development) will break ground on the organization’s first…
Five Austin-East High school students have been murdered this year (from January through April 2021). All of them happened while students were headed home at the end of their day, with one inside of the school. The community is in fear of the lives of black children. Law enforcement has provided limited information to only…
Janan Nikki Allen passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Janan Nikki Allen was a resident of Tennessee at the time of passing. Dockery Funeral Home Inc., 117 E 3rd South St, Morristown, TN
MORRISTOWN, TN – William Cain passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Arrangements are forthcoming by Dockery Funeral Home Inc
Ruth Holloway Maryville Huddle Women’s March Progressive Mandates Week of April 18, 2021 The Zoom Redistricting meeting on Wed, April 21, at 7PM. is of the utmost important event to attend this week. See details in the Events list below. It is just one of many interesting events happening this week! Blount County JOBS FAIR,…
The images of Georgia Rep. Park Cannon being dragged away from the state Capitol follows several arrests in recent years involving elected Black women. Black women on the receiving end say it’s an effort to silence their growing political power. Barbara Rodriguez 19th News, Statehouses Reporter March 26, 2021 When Attica Scott…
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 targeted. The most recent violence targeted students at predominately black Austin-East Magnet High School in the first months of this year. This entire…
New York, NY – Estella Middlebrook Powell, passed away March 25, 2021 in New York, NY. The second of two children, born to Mary Frances Middlebrook Jeffries and Willie T. Waters, September 3, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee. Knoxville relatives include brother, Dr. Harold A. (Betty) Middlebrook; nieces, Arlene Middlebrook Bennett, LaKenya Middlebrook; nephew, Harold (Porche)…
‘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 for political donations, the importance of women activists and Atlanta. Barbara Rodriguez, Statehouses Reporter The 19th News (April 7, 2021) Andrea Young thinks about…
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 and COVID-19 have laid bare the structural racism and political, economic, and health crises that shape American social life. By bringing together regional…
KNOXVILLE, TN – Jeffery Sterling Curry Meek, departed this life, March 6, 2021. Preceded in death by parents, Equalla and Joseph Rucker; father, Sterling Meek; brother, James Curry and grandmother, Maude Casey. Survived by the Curry, Foxx and Meek families. Special thanks to Anna Ruth Agnew and the Mechanicsville Community. Family service was held. Arrangements…
KNOXVILLE, TN – Harold Franklin Chandler, 84 departed this life peacefully at 4:03 p.m., April 8, 2021 at Island Home Park Health and Rehabilitation Center, Knoxville; staff and family members were at his bedside. Born January 19, 1937 to Janie Chandler in the Boyd’s Creek Community of Sevierville, Tennessee. Seeking employment in his teens, Harold…
CLINTON, TN – Darrell Lee Coker of Clinton, TN departed this life Sunday April 11, 2021 at home due to health complications. Darrell was a decorated U.S. Army veteran. He was formerly employed by Lake City Hydraulic Company. He is survived by son, James C. Coker; mother, Emma Hudson, and a host of other family…
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 and funded under the Boyd Family Foundation. The non-profit Knox Neighborhood Dog Parks (KNDP) grant plan was established in 2020 to support animal…
Knoxville – Barbara Davis Wash left her earthly home to be with the Lord, April 2, 2021. She was a 1951 graduate of Austin High School, Knoxville TN and a 1955 graduate of Tennessee State University. She leaves to cherish her memory, children, Kenneth E. James, Knoxville TN, Pamela Trent, Plainfield Ill, and Angela Jones,…
NAACP Encourages residents to receive COVID-19 Vaccinations As Soon As Possible The NAACP Oak Ridge Anderson County chapter wants to encourage all residents as young as 12 years of age, to get a COVID-19 vaccination. To find a location near you click here. The organization is challenging each Oak Ridger to get vaccinated, then…
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 winners of the sixth annual Black History Month Art Contest it sponsors with the Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley with…
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 brand of vaccines administered (Moderna, Phizer, or Johnson & Johnson) will vary based on what is shipped to them at the time. For…
Knoxville, TN – DEBORAH BERNADETTE GWATHNEY, 68, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Her husband of 43 years, Reverend Alvin W. Gwathney and son, Keith W. Gwathney, were present at the time of her sudden and unexpected passing. Deborah “Bonnie” was born in Memphis, Tennessee,…