The Walk to the River was first initiated by Mayor Van Johnson in 2024 to commemorate the holiday, and this year turnout for ...

The 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. March/Parade and Juneteenth Celebration begins 10 a.m. Thursday in Knoxville. The parade will step off from Chilhowee Park and end at Dr.

He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create, and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his environment and many different ...

Juneteenth became a time for both reflection and celebration, blending solemn remembrance with joyous expressions of culture ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. TV reporters and photographers were there ...

As you make your summer travel plans, these museums and exhibits dedicated to Black history and culture should be on your ...

Juneteenth ‒ also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day and Freedom Day ‒ falls on a Thursday this year and will be marked in Knoxville with festivals, a parade, music and other activities on and ...

Among the less recognizable buildings slated for potential sale were several bearing the names of civil rights leaders, ...

An estimated 2,500 to 3,000 people showed up with signs to chant and march in Rochester's "No King" event, but were met with tragic news of violence against Minnesota political leaders. Event emcee ...

Now, in the very same week when he dispatches the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles to silence protesters’ ...

AND TODAY, REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. S SON WALKED THOSE SAME ... Street to Charles Street.Following the march, a formal dedication of "1965 Freedom Rally Square" was made at 11 ...