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In August of 1920, Tennessee cast the deciding ballot that gave American women the right to vote. The passage of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of a long struggle that included the work of three dedicated women from Tennessee. The contributions of Lizzie Crozier French, Anne Dallas Dudley and Elizabeth Avery Meriweather will be recognized this weekend when the Suffrage Coalition unveils a memorial in their honor on Market Square in Knoxville. Attorney Wanda Sobieski is the coordinator of the Suffrage Coalition and she speaks with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper about the importance of these three women...
How does war affect children who have never experienced it? What do they think about war? And how do they imagine it? WUOT's Ann Lloyd explored these questions during a recent art project at Host Clothing, a new gallery in Knoxville's Old City...
A group of former refugees and prisoners from Northern Africa spent this week in East Tennessee. They're here to bring attention to the plight of the roughly 80,000 people currently living in Algerian refugee camps. Some of the refugees have been trapped in the camps for decades. And a political stalemate between some of the region's powers give them little hope of leaving soon. WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell reports...
On this episode of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer Powell tries to get to the bottom of the Knox County Charter mess. What's wrong with the charter? Why did a Knox County Chancery Court rule it invalid? And what happens next? Matt's guest is attorney David Eldridge, former President of the Knoxville Bar Association and a former chair of the Knox County Election Commission...