KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The 147-year-old historically black college Knoxville College was on the cusp of a new chapter as leaders unveil their 10-year revitalization plan.
In 1852, the Knoxville Board of Aldermen (now City Council) passed an ordinance prohibiting enslaved people from emptying kitchen slops into the street. While...
When Leonard Adams came to Knoxville College from Detroit in 1988, the first things he noticed about the South were the hills, the heat and the bright red dirt under the historically Black campus in the Mechanicsville neighborhood.
Knoxville College Interim President Leonard Adams asked the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC) to study affordable housing opportunities on the campus within the existing Faculty Residence Apartments.
Honoring Dr. James Reese at the building dedication ceremony at the newly named McMillan-Reese Chapel.
Left to right: Interim President Leonard Adams, Trustee Mayor Johnny Ford, Dr. James Reese, and Chairman Dr. Michael V. Bowie.
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