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"I want to be a hub for Black folks in Knoxville who are moving here or who have been here for a while.  I want people to say, 'Well, have you gone to The Bottom? You should go to The Bottom because that's where you're going to get plugged into the community," Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin described as her vision for "The Bottom."  

"Right now, on Randolph Street near the site of a historic African American community, Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin is making a space. 

Named The Bottom, after the long-gone neighborhood, it’s “intended to be space for community building, cultural expression and creativity,” says El-Amin, a lecturer in sociology at UT."  

"As a sociologist, Enkeshi El-Amin has researched and studied the Black experience in America, and more specifically, the Black experience in Knoxville. Through her research, she says she has found that there is a common feeling of being out of place; a feeling she says she has experienced herself."  

"'Sew It Sell It' participants put their new sewing and business skills to good use on Tuesday as they pitched their ideas to local professionals."  

"As a sociologist, Enkeshi El-Amin has researched and studied the Black experience in America, and more specifically, the Black experience in Knoxville. Through her research, she says she has found that there is a common feeling of being out of place; a feeling she says she has experienced herself."