Located within easy walking distance of the famed Alex Haley Statue at Haley Heritage Square, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center features the history of African Americans in Knoxville and East Tennessee from the late 1800′s to the present through photographs, newspapers, biographies, audio and video recordings, books and artwork.
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The Beck Center was founded in 1975 and named for the late James and Ethel Beck, prominent members of the Knoxville community and founders of the Ethel Beck Home for Orphans, who bequeathed money to purchase its present site on Dandridge
Admission is free.
Beck Cultural Exchange Center
1927 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915
Tel: (865) 524-8461
Fax: (865) 524-8461
Official Website: www.beckcenter.net
