Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During segregation in Knoxville, Carnegie Library was built to serve the city's Black residents, who at the time could not use ...

Early Knoxville feminist Mary Utopia Rothrock was a pivotal figure in the history of the area's libraries. Rothrock - or Topie, as she was sometimes called - was a trailblazer, serving as an early ...

During segregation in Knoxville, Carnegie Library was built to serve the city's Black residents, who at the time could not use Knoxville's main library, Lawson McGhee. Advocates from the community and ...