East Tennessee PBS in partnership with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center hosted a conversation with some of Knoxville's Black elders around their memories and reflections on the local 8th of August Emancipation Celebrations. Sharing insights from the era of Jim Crow, familial connections and their hopes for the next generation and the current struggles for equality in Knoxville. To purchase the two disc, 8th of August DVD set: http://donate.etptv.org/alleg/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=8THAUGUST&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=4pMvVI%2biHyR9oMex%2bo9v8q1gzMC6uhq5nDjkJobrCdg%3d Follow Black in Appalachia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackInAppalachia For more information on the 8th of August: https://www.blackinappalachia.org/8th-of-august Beck Cultural Exchange Center: http://www.beckcenter.net/

East Tennessee PBS in partnership with the Tennessee Picnic Association, hosted a conversation moderated by Mister Ronald Dykes III with members of Cocke and Jefferson County, Tennessee's Black community. Participants shared their memories and reflections of the 8th of August Emancipation Celebrations, called the Tennessee Picnic, locally. To purchase the two disc, 8th of August DVD set: http://donate.etptv.org/alleg/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=8THAUGUST&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=4pMvVI%2biHyR9oMex%2bo9v8q1gzMC6uhq5nDjkJobrCdg%3d Follow Black in Appalachia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackInAppalachia Follow the Tennessee Picnic Association on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TennesseePicnic For more information on the 8th of August: https://www.blackinappalachia.org/8th-of-august

At the birthplace of the 8th of August Emancipation Celebrations, East Tennessee PBS, in partnership with the George Clem Multicultural Alliance, conducted a dialog with Greene County, Tennessee elders on their recollections and hopes for future generations around these important events. To purchase the two disc, 8th of August DVD set: http://donate.etptv.org/alleg/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=8THAUGUST&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=4pMvVI%2biHyR9oMex%2bo9v8q1gzMC6uhq5nDjkJobrCdg%3d Follow Black in Appalachia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackInAppalachia For more information on the 8th of August: https://www.blackinappalachia.org/8th-of-august

East Tennessee PBS in partnership with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Chick History, hosted a forum with Black women leaders. Featuring moderator Rev. Renee Kesler, Eddie Mae Robinson, Cynthia Finch, Olga Welch and Sylvia Peters, participants discuss issues related to education, voting and political organizing from the Jim Crow era to today. Funding for this project was provided by The East Tennessee Foundation and was produced in partnership with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Chick History. For More Information, see: http://www.BlackInAppalachia.org http://www.BeckCenter.net http://www.ChickHistory.org