June 17,-September 14, 2008 Art Exhibit - South African Portfolio of Human Rights Beck
Cultural Exchange Center 1927 Dandridge Avenue
July 5, 2008
6:00 p.m. The Tennessee Smokies pay homage to the Negro League Baseball players
July 11, 2009 Friday Fun in the Sun 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Beck Cultural Exchange Center invites everyone to its first Friday Fun in the Sun summer activity. All activities are kid friendly. Free food, water activities, story telling, face painting and more, plus added attraction DJ Slymm.
July 11, 2008 The Tennessee Smokies pay tribute to legendary African American Knoxville Smokies player Jim Tugerson.
July14-18, 2008 The 14th Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry held at the children’s defense Fund Haley Farm Clinton, Tennessee
August 6-8, 2008 Beck Center’s Black Movie Classic Series. Show times- August 6,-12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., August 7-8 -6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
August 16, 2008 Booker at the Beck –Indoor Picnic with entertainment by local historian & occasional D. J. Bob Booker. Come dressed for an air conditioned old fashioned picnic in our recently renovated location at 1927 Dandridge Avenue. Spend some time with Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam as you enjoy down home food and down home music. Limited seating ,$60 per person. Part of the 2008 Summer Suppers Series of Knox Heritage.
September 23-September 30, 2008 Experience the art of John Simms-fine artist. Mr. Simms is the founder, principal artist and designer of Simms Creative Services.
September 27, 2008 Grandest Grandparent 2008 Celebration. Join us as we recognize some of Knoxville’s outstanding grandparents. This years gala will be held at the downtown Marriott, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Nomination forms are available at the Center or they can be downloaded from our website
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William Hastie Collection
William H. Hastie was born in Knoxville in 1804 and became the first Black Governor of the Virgin Islands (1946) and the first Black Federal Judge in the United States (1950). This collection features scares of personal and official photographs. scrapbooks, honorary degrees, letters, plaques, scrolls and other memorabilia.
Austin High School Collection
This collection chronicles the activities and the leaders of the school since its founding in 1879. It contains graduation programs from the first class in 1888 (Knoxville Colored High) to the current Austin East graduation. Class pictures date back to 1894. The published year- books from the first one in 1924 are in the collection. There are hundreds of faculty and student photographs.
Knoxville College Collection
The Knoxville College collection depicts many of the activities and individuals of the college since its founding in 1875. This collection has many of the early yearbooks (KNOXUNIOR), newspapers (THE AURORN) bulletins (inaugurations, anniversaries, etc), photographs and more.
Newspaper Collection
This collection contains issues of African American newspapers. including issues of the East Tennessee News which was published from 1909-1919. There are also issues of the Flashlight Herald, The Public Guide, The Independent Call and a number of others. The Center recently received the collection of the Vine Jr. Flash from the estate of Principal Leonard A Jackson. The oldest in the newspaper collection is The Knoxville Bulletin, which was published February 25, 1882.
Library and Resource Center
This collection contains more than two thousand books. Over eighty of these books were written by native Knoxvillians. There are more than100 biographies in print from Muhammad Ali to Whitney Young. In Addition, there are filmed biographies of Josephine Baker, Mahalia Jackson, Jack Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, and others. There are more than 300 videos, including dozens of classic African American films of the 1930’s and 1940’s as well as contemporary African American performers. The topics covered in print and film include African Americans in the military, religion, civil rights and sport& are thousands of photos depicting the evolution of homes, businesses and people of East Tennessee from the mid 1800s to present day.
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