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Green McAdoo now part of TN State Museum system, U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Posted at 9:31 am August 24, 2018
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Photo via Adventure Anderson County and Explore Oak Ridge

Photo via Adventure Anderson County and Explore Oak Ridge

 

The Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton has become a part of the Tennessee State Museum system in Nashville and the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, according to Adventure Anderson County and Explore Oak Ridge.

It’s a significant announcement, and Green McAdoo invites all those that have aided in their success to celebrate by attending a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 25, with a pre-celebration reception at 9 a.m. at the Green McAdoo Museum, an electronic newsletter said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Museums, Top Stories Tagged With: American civil rights, civil rights, civil rights movement, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Museum, Tennessee State Museum, U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Lee Willis, Soulful Sounds Revue play at Jazz on the Hill tonight

Posted at 12:26 pm July 7, 2018
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Lee Willis Jazz on the Hill July 7 2018

Lee Willis and Soulful Sounds Revue will play Jazz on the Hill in Clinton tonight (Saturday, July 7).

The show will be at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center and Museum in Clinton. It’s free, and everyone is invited. The show is scheduled from 6-9 p.m. Saturday.

An event flyer said Soulful Sounds Revue and Lee Willis will perform with K-Town Rhythm Section.

You are encouraged to bring your lounge chairs and blankets. There will be local food vendors, and this is a kid-friendly event, the event flyer said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Music Tagged With: Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Cultural Center and Museum, Jazz on the Hill, Junei Lee, K-Town Rhythm Section, Lee Willis, Soulful Sounds Revue

Green McAdoo has prayer breakfast on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted at 1:21 pm January 4, 2018
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The Green McAdoo Cultural Organization and its Board will host a prayer breakfast on Monday, January 15 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), at the Green McAdoo Recreation Center in Clinton.

The MLK Prayer Breakfast will begin with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and the prayer service will start at 9, a press release said.

The community is invited, and there is no charge. If you have questions, call the Center at (865) 463-6500.

The Green McAdoo Cultural Center is at 101 School Street, just north of and up the hill from downtown Clinton.

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Cultural Organization, Green McAdoo Recreation Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, MLK Prayer Breakfast

Green McAdoo hosts Jazz on the Hill on Saturday, July 1

Posted at 3:00 am June 15, 2017
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Green McAdoo Organization Jazz on the Hill July 2 2016

The Jazz on the Hill concert on July 2, 2016, at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton is pictured above. (Submitted photo)

 

The Green McAdoo Cultural Organization will be hosting its first Jazz on the Hill concert series on Saturday, July 1. The group performing will be Brian Clay and Friends.

The event is open to the public, and you can bring your families, blankets, and lawn chairs, a press release said. Performance times will be 5:30-8:30 p.m.

It’s a free event, and vendors will be available for food and drink purchases, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Music, Nonprofits Tagged With: Brian Clay and Friends, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Cultural Organization, Jazz on the Hill

Secret City Festival: Seven days of celebration

Posted at 4:53 pm May 29, 2017
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Two weekends, counting Fridays. Two weekdays. Seven days of celebration, from June 2 through June 10, 2017, mostly at A. K. Bissell Park. And admission to all events is free of charge. (Photo and caption courtesy Celebrate Oak Ridge and Carolyn Krause)

Two weekends, counting Fridays. Two weekdays. Seven days of celebration, from June 2 through June 10, 2017, mostly at A. K. Bissell Park. And admission to all events is free of charge. (Photo and caption courtesy Celebrate Oak Ridge and Carolyn Krause)

 

Two weekends, counting Fridays. Two weekdays. Seven days of celebration, from June 2 through June 10, mostly at A. K. Bissell Park. And admission to all events is free of charge.

The new Secret City Festival, brought to you by Celebrate Oak Ridge, will be bookended by two special weekends. The first weekend will celebrate Oak Ridge and World War II history. A free family movie will be shown on Tuesday, June 6; the arts will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 7; and music and art are the focus of the second weekend, June 9-10.

Celebrate Oak Ridge June 2017 Schedule Web

On Friday, June 2, tours of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with shuttles running to and from the American Museum of Science and Energy and New Hope Center. U.S. citizenship and pre-registration are required for tours. Graphite Reactor tours at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will also be held then on a first-come, first-served basis, with departure on buses from AMSE.

Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch will officially open the festival, and the crew of the U.S.S. Oak Ridge will present and ring the U.S.S. Oak Ridge bell at 8:30 p.m. At 9 p.m., the movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” will be shown free of charge.

Overnight, approximately 200 re-enactors will be setting up an overnight encampment with World War II-era tents in Bissell Park. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Dancing, Entertainment, Music, Nonprofits, Slider Tagged With: A.K. Bissell Park, Adam Austin, American Museum of Science and Energy, AMSE, Cattywampus Puppet Council, Celebrate Oak Ridge, Celebrate the Arts, Cereus Bright, Clinton Riddle, Dave Eggar, Dr. Dog, Edgar Harrell, Eileen Neiler, Electric Darling, First United Methodist Church Choir, Grace Covenant Church Choir, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Henry Fribourg, Hudson K, Interfaith Celebration of Music & Dance, J-25 Jazz Quartet of Oak Ridge, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge Dance Group, Kathy Hill & The Deltas, Megan and her Goody Goodies, Michael Messing Magic, Midtown Community Center, Natti Lovejoys, New Hope Center, Nora Jane Struthers, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge After DArk, Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association Dance Group, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church Band, Ready for Rain Band, Robyn James Ensemble, Secret City Festival, Secret City Winds, Shana Banana, Sing!, Teen Spirit, The Accidentals, The Black Lillies, Tim Kubart, Udari Jayasiri, United Way of Anderson County, Warren Gooch, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex

State budget includes $100,000 for Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton

Posted at 10:49 am May 10, 2017
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Green-McAdoo-Cultural-Center

The recently passed Tennessee budget includes $100,000 for the maintenance, restoration, and operation of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton, a press release said.

The funds were secured in the budget by Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally and Representative John Ragan, both Oak Ridge Republicans, the press release said.

The Green McAdoo Cultural Center commemorates the Clinton 12, the first black students to integrate a public high school in the South, the release said.

“The story of the Clinton 12 is a pivotal event in the history of our state and our region that must never be forgotten,” Ragan said in the press release. “The Green McAdoo Cultural Center serves an important function in our community to remind us of this important history. I am proud the state will play a part in furthering the important mission of the center.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Brown vs. Board of Education, Clinton 12, Clinton High School, desegregation, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, integrated public school, John Ragan, Randy McNally, state budget, Tennessee budget

Bob Clement, former member of Congress, to speak, sign books at Green McAdoo

Posted at 12:05 pm March 25, 2017
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Former member of Congress, Bob Clement (D-TN) will speak and sign books at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton on Monday, April 10, 2017. (Submitted photo)

Former member of Congress, Bob Clement (D-TN) will speak and sign books at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton on Monday, April 10, 2017. (Submitted photo)

Former U.S. Congressman Bob Clement, a Tennessee Democrat, will read and sign his new memoir in Clinton in April.

Clement’s new memoir is titled “Presidents, Kings, and Convicts: My Journey from the Tennessee Governor’s Residence to the Halls of Congress.” The memoir shares his front row seat to some of America’s most significant events, including the 1956 desegregation of Clinton High School, a press release said.

Clement will be at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 10. The Green McAdoo Cultural Center is at 101 School Street in Clinton.

Clement’s book describes behind-the-scenes accounts of some of his most memorable events beginning with his childhood growing up in the Tennessee governor’s mansion to becoming a Tennessee Valley Authority director, military officer, college president, successful businessman, and a member of Congress for eight terms, a press release said. It features a chapter on the desegregation of the South, specifically the role his father, Frank G. Clement, played in helping to integrate Clinton High School, fighting against the racial intolerance of the day, the press release said.

“He was instrumental in restoring order after the tragic bombing of the school in 1958, and ushering 12 black students back to the school in an act of racial equality and tolerance,” the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Federal, Front Page News, Government, State, Writing Tagged With: Bob Clement, Frank G. Clement, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Presidents Kings and Convicts: My Journey from the Tennessee Governor's Residence to the Halls of Congress

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

Posted at 4:15 pm January 15, 2017
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Reneé Kesler

Reneé Kesler

There are at least three events scheduled on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 16).

Atomic City Sportsmen Club hosts 28th Annual Martin Luther King Fellowship Breakfast Program

The Atomic City Sportsmen invite the community to the 28th annual Martin Luther King Fellowship Breakfast. The Breakfast will be held on Monday, January 16, at the Oak Valley Baptist Church, 191 Hampton Road in Oak Ridge.

The program begins at 8 a.m., and this year’s keynote speaker will be the Reverend Reneé Kesler, president and chief executive officer of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center Inc. in Knoxville.

Beck was established in 1975 as a primary repository of black history and culture in East Tennessee and remains dedicated to researching, collecting, conserving, preserving, and exhibiting works of art, writings, artifacts, memorabilia, and other evidence of contributions relating to the history and culture of African Americans in this region while fostering and promoting educational, artistic, and cultural activities and experiences, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Middle School, Sports Tagged With: Atomic City Sportsmen, Atomic City Sportsmen Club, Beck Cultural Exchange Center Inc., David Mosby, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Recreation Center, Martin Luther King Fellowship Breakfast, Martin Luther King Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, MLK Prayer Breakfast, Oak Valley Baptist Church, Oliver Springs Middle School, Reneé Kesler, Robertsville Middle School

Final concert of Jazz on the Hill series is Saturday

Posted at 2:54 pm September 27, 2016
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The Green McAdoo Cultural Organization will be hosting its final concert of the Jazz on the Hill series on Saturday, October 1. The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra will perform.

The event is open to the public. You are can bring your families, blankets, lawn chairs, etc.

Performance times will be 6:30-9:30 p.m., a press release said. It’s a free event, but vendors will be available for food and drink purchases. The event will be held outside of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center at 101 School Street in Clinton. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Music Tagged With: concert series, Eugene Gallaher, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Cultural Organization, Jazz on the Hill, Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Vance Thompson

Knoxville Film Festival to screen ‘The Clinton 12’

Posted at 8:33 am August 16, 2016
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The Clinton 12

The Fourth Annual Knoxville Film Festival will present a special screening of the acclaimed documentary film “The Clinton 12” on Sunday, August 28, at 3 p.m. at the Regal Downtown West Cinema 8 in Knoxville. The screening is in honor of the 60th anniversary of the integration of Clinton High School in Clinton and the 10th anniversary of both the film and the opening of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton.

Narrated by award-winning actor James Earl Jones, “The Clinton 12” tells the compelling story of the integration of the first public high school in the South as a result of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, a press release said. The title refers to the 12 black teenagers who, in the fall of 1956, were forced to attend the all-white high school in Clinton, Tennessee.

“The Knoxville Film Festival is proud to bring this story to our audience,” said Keith McDaniel, director of “The Clinton 12” and co-founder/executive director of the Knoxville Film Festival. “This has been, and continues to be, an important story about courage and determination. We want to make sure all East Tennesseans have an opportunity to see this film, and it is our pleasure to honor those who carried the torch of equality and changed our nation.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Federal, Front Page News, Government, K-12, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Brown vs. Board of Education, Clinton 12, Clinton High School, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, integration, James Earl Jones, Knoxville Film Festival, public high school, Regal Downtown West Cinema 8, The Clinton 12, U.S. Supreme Court

Next ‘Jazz on the Hill’ concert features Groove Therapy at Green McAdoo on Aug. 6

Posted at 7:57 pm July 24, 2016
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Green McAdoo Organization Jazz on the Hill July 2 2016

The Jazz on the Hill concert on July 2, 2016, at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton featured Jay Storm Project. (Submitted photo)

 

The next Jazz on the Hill concert features Groove Therapy (Keith Brown) at Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton on August 6.

The Jazz on the Hill concert series is on the first Saturday of each month. It started July 2.

The concerts are hosted by the Green McAdoo Cultural Organization. They are open to the public.

“Bring your families, blankets, lawn chairs, etc.,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Music Tagged With: Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Cultural Organization, Groove Therapy, Jay Storm Project, Jazz on the Hill, Keith Brown

NAACP meeting on Tuesday in Clinton

Posted at 5:29 pm June 25, 2016
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The June meeting of the Oak Ridge/Anderson County NAACP will be on Tuesday in Clinton.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the Green McAdoo Gymnasium next to the Green McAdoo Cultural Center.

Agenda items will include rescheduling the bimonthly state NAACP Meeting in July, the procedure for the fall NAACP election, a Political Action Committee report and upcoming activities, update on Education Committee information with the Oak Ridge High School principal, and a focus on the local and national elections. The NAACP will be collaborating with the local League of Women Voters for a July candidate forum. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Anderson County, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Green McAdoo Gymnasium, NAACP, NAACP meeting, Oak Ridge, Victor Randolph Stephens

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