Metal Museum to Celebrate 40th Year in 2019
By Cillea Houghton MEMPHIS, TN — The Metal Museum in Memphis is commemorating its 40th anniversary in 2019 with a special exhibit devoted to the past, present and future of metalworking. Titled...
View ArticleWill Amazon be Naughty or Nice?
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Better watch out, you better not cry. Amazon is coming to town. Affordable housing advocates wonder where they will be sleeping when it does. About fifty people gathered...
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Defense Wins First Round in the Hambrick Murder Trial
NASHVILLE, TN — A conference hearing Friday afternoon in courtroom 3B went the way Defense attorney David Raybin hoped it would. General Sessions Judge Melissa Blackburn took up several issues about...
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Caldwell Installed, NAACP Branch Born Again
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Public policy must change, metro’s new NAACP branch president told a full-house last week with several more civil rights groups celebrating his installation. The Rev....
View ArticleActivist, Artist Uses Hidden Images to Tell the Story of African American...
By Cynthia Anderson NASHVILLE, TN — A gifted artist and civil rights activist, Joseph Love uses his paintings to give a face and a voice to those unsung African American heroes who history has ignored...
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Change Center Will Change Lives in Knoxville
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — “Is this really for us?” Those were the words of the youth who came thru the doors of the Change Center at 203 Harriet Tubman St. during the soft opening of the Entrance...
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Initiative Program Started to Share Free Financial Education
NASHVILLE, TN — Leaders from Tennessee State University, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Regions Bank have announced the launch of a new collaboration designed to Informational material in...
View ArticleAscend FCU Donates $50K to Second Harvest
NASHVILLE, TN — In November, Ascend Federal Credit Union announced a new partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. To celebrate this new partnership and help Second Harvest fulfill...
View ArticleAfrican-Americans Were Russian Targets in 2016 Election
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The Senate Intelligence Committee released two reports this week about Russian meddling in the 2016 election. They both highlight the efforts by the Internet Research...
View ArticleJeffries, Clyburn to Hold Top Leadership Positions in Congress
By Black PR Wire WASHINGTON, DC — Recently, CBC Member Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) was elected chair of the Democratic Caucus, and Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC-06) was elected...
View ArticlePunishment Accepted for Desecrating Local Black Church
By Ashley Benkarski MURFREESBORO, TN — Four teenage boys who pleaded guilty to vandalism and burglary of a predominantly black church have started their probationary periods as handed down in juvenile...
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Tribune Selects Wiley Henry as its ‘Man of the Year’
By Staff Reports MEMPHIS, TN – Each year The Tennessee Tribune selects its “Man of the Year,” a person who has made significant contributions in society or in various fields of endeavor. That person is...
View ArticleAG Paxton Announces $575 Million Settlement With Wells Fargo for Violating...
AUSTIN, TX — Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million to resolve claims that the bank violated consumer protection laws in Texas, 49 other states and...
View ArticleRep. Rev. Love Engaged to Ms. Dupree
NASHVILLE, TN — The engagement of Leah Pleshette Dupree and The Reverend Doctor Harold Moses Love, Jr. was recently made public. The wedding will take place in May. Ms. Dupree is the daughter of Eric...
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East Knox Lions Club Celebrates Year One
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — As the first year of service draws to a close; the East Knoxville Lions Club, the largest chapter in East Tennessee came together to celebrate and make plans for serving...
View ArticleLegless Vet Lost Wheelchair Ramp During Home Purchase
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — A U.S. military veteran removed a wheelchair ramp from the house he was buying to avoid litigation threatened by a homeowners association, a fair housing advocate...
View ArticleMetro Police Monitoring Social Media
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — As Chattanooga activists recently allege police there use bogus Facebook identities, Nashville Police say they monitor social media for public safety. Nevertheless, a...
View ArticlePoverty Awareness Month Returns to East Nashville in January
NASHVILLE, TN — Did you know that 1 in 5 Nashvillians live in poverty? In partnership with Martha O’Bryan Center, East Nashville businesses are raising awareness, collecting supplies and donating...
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Bodie Inducted Into 2018 Lipscomb Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE, TN — One of the most exciting players to wear a Bison uniform, Marcus Bodie came to Lipscomb from Florence, Alabama and left with national acclaim for his defensive prowess. Mr. and Mrs....
View ArticleFive African American NFL Head Coaches Fired
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC — Five of the NFL’s seven African American head coaches were fired on December 31st. Arizona Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks was...
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