Former President Obama Speaks on Mass Shootings
By Tennessee Tribune News Wire Michelle and I grieve with all the families in El Paso and Dayton who endured these latest mass shootings. First no other nation on Earth comes close to experiencing...
View ArticleNobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison Passes
The Nobel Prize-winning US author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. The Morrison family confirmed “with profound sadness” that Morrison had died “following a short illness”. The author of 11...
View ArticleNAACP Nashville Chapter to Celebrate 100 Years of Service
NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will host the “Renaissance 100: Proud Past, Inspired Future” Awards Banquet in honor of...
View ArticlePouring Red Sand For People Who Fall Through The Cracks
About one million people have poured red sand in public spaces all over world. It is an international movement of “activism through art” to draw attention to human trafficking. About 150 people...
View ArticleCyntoia Brown Steps Into Freedom
NASHVILLE, TN– Cyntoia Brown was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women Wednesday after serving 15 years of a life sentence for the 2004 shooting death of Nashville realtor Johnny Allen. Court...
View ArticleTDOC Administrator Debra K. Johnson Enforced Civil Rights
NASHVILLE, TN — Slain state correctional administrator Debra K. Johnson enforced equal rights as she managed prisons, according to friends and relatives Sunday at her mother’s home where she grew up....
View ArticleTennessee Senators Imagine an End to Legal Abortion
“Make no mistake the ACLU and others will sue if this bill is passed into law. We will sue and we will win,” said Hedy Weinberg Director of ACLU Tennessee. NASHVILLE, TN – The Senate Judicial Committee...
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Can Mushrooms Improve Cattle Farming?
Gabriel Faulcon, North Carolina A & T Dean’s List student, excited about agricultural research GREENSBORO, NC — Drs. Uchenna Anele, Omon Isikhuemhen, Felicia Anike and Obed Quaicoe are...
View ArticleNashville Joins Together to Commemorate 19th Amendment Centennial
NASHVILLE, TN — More than 40 Nashville organizations are joining forces to commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting the right for women to vote....
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Remembering Angels on Earth With Special Ceremony
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — Zykia Burns, Seraya Gasper, and Kimberly Riddle. Thanks to State Senator Becky Duncan Massey speaks on the loss to the community. Representative Rick Staples; those...
View ArticleMeteorologist Statom Named Broadcaster of the Year by National Weather...
By Laken Bowles NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The National Weather Association has named NewsChannel 5 Meteorologist Lelan Statom as Broadcaster of the Year. The announcement was made Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleYahweh to Talk About Civil Rights and His Beatdown
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – Forrest City (Arkansas) was once a bastion of racial upheaval. Named for the infamous Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Min. Suhkara A. Yahweh knows the city all too well. On...
View ArticleDebra Johnson to be Laid to Rest
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — The extreme closeness between longtime friends was very much in evidence last Sunday, as the mother and closest companions of Debra Porter Johnson remembered her. Her...
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Briley Defensive as Cooper Waits in Wings
“The city engages in trickle down. We basically give incentives to building and hope that through the landlord it gets to people. That does not really work. It has not worked nationally and has not...
View ArticleAsian Festival in Knoxville Set for August 25th
KNOXVILLE, TN — The Public is invited to attend the 6th Knoxville Asian Festival on August 25, 2019 from 11 am to 8 pm at the World’s Fair Park. Similar to previous years, the 2019 Asian Festival...
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ALL4KNOX Launches Initiative to Save Lives
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — Over 700 citizens and organizations from throughout Knoxville and Knox County among them faith based organizations, businesses, non profit organizations, and Brett...
View ArticleNNPA Makes Plans for the Future
By Stacy M. Browny Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent An informal gathering of National Newspaper Publishers Association board members and publishers has galvanized the 79-year-old organizatio...
View ArticleTribune Publisher Receives the 2019 Jocelyn D. Wurzburg Civil Rights Legacy...
By Cillea Houghton NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Tribune Publisher Rosetta Miller Perry has been honored by the Tennessee Human Rights Commission with the 2019 Jocelyn D. Wurzburg Civil Rights Legacy...
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NMAAM Adds Board Members, Chairs
New additions come from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Vanderbilt University, CapStar Bank NASHVILLE, TN — The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) has added four new...
View ArticleRegister of Deeds Johnson Offers Property Fraud Protection
NASHVILLE, TN —In an age of rampant fraud, Davidson County Register of Deeds Karen Johnson is taking a proactive approach by offering residents and businesses innovative protection against property and...
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