TN Judge Receives Highest Judicial Honor for His Work on the Opioid Epedemic
WILLIAMSBURG, VA -— Tennessee Judge Duane Slone is the 2019 recipient of the National Center for State Courts’ (NCSC) William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence, one of the highest judicial...
View ArticleReal Times Media CEO Re-Elected to NNPA Board
By Jemell T. Cotton WASHINGTON, DC — Hiram E. Jackson, chief executive officer of Real Times Media (RTM), has been re-elected to the board of directors of the National Newspaper Publishers Association...
View ArticleKnoxville Shooting Spurs Calls for Body Cams
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — On Monday, August 26th, Channara Pheap died in the rain. The Knox County Regional Forensic Center listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the back. Beyond this...
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Winnie Forrester Stealing Signs
NASHVILLE, TN – An unknown voter in Metro Council District 2 is accusing Winifred “Winnie” Forrester of stealing signs at the Bordeaux Library Early Voting Site on Friday and took her picture. The...
View ArticleAfrican American Males are Near 0% in Metro Jobs
By Rosetta Miller Perry NASHVILLE, TN — The city of Nashville reportedly has never made hiring Black males a priority, says a couple of Black city employees who asked to remain anonymous for fear of...
View ArticleAmericanism Day Celebration Day Announced
By Clint Confehr COLUMBIA, TN — Morning Star Lodge No. 11, Prince Hall Affiliated of the Free and Accepted Masons, is inviting the public to its annual Prince Hall Americanism Day on Saturday in Mt....
View ArticleCheekwood Launches Exhibition in Name of Literacy
NASHVILLE, TN — This week, Cheekwood launched a new permanent exhibition in connection with a recently established partnership with the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and Dolly Parton’s...
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The Red Alert: A Day Party With the Scholarship Purpose
There are parties with a purpose and then there is Red Alert: A Charity Affair. Sponsored by the Minerva Foundation, Inc., in conjunction with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Nashville Alumnae...
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History Maker Clara Hughes Turns 99
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — If you sit at the feet of this elder, she will take you back through time almost a hundred years. Meet Mrs. Clara Curd Hall Hughes. In September she will celebrate her...
View ArticleAfrican American to Lead Planned Parenthood
During a critical time for reproductive rights, Planned Parenthood has made a shift in leadership, announcing that Alexis McGill Johnson will serve as the acting president and CEO of the organization....
View ArticleJohn Cooper Announces Transition Plans
NASHVILLE, TN — Since Election Day, John Cooper has begun the process of listening and meeting with parents, business people, community leaders, and former Mayors to discuss the transition to the...
View ArticleWhy America Needs Newspapers
By Ken Paulson The newspaper business didn’t get off to a good start in America Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick, the first real newspaper in America, was supposed to be a weekly, but it...
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Black Press of America Awards Courageous Leaders
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC — With a lively and capacity crowd inside the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 12, National Newspaper...
View ArticleSengstacke was a Tough Editor and Crusader for Justice
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — The name Linda Taylor Sengstacke was synonymous with the Black Press in the 1970s and ‘80s. She was the editor-in-chief of the Tri-State Defender during that time and...
View ArticleCivil Rights Trailblazer Perry Wallace Gets Street Naming
NASHVILLE, TN — The portion of 25th Avenue South in front of Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium will be ceremonially renamed “Perry Wallace Way” in memory of the trailblazing Vanderbilt student-athlete...
View ArticleTennessee Becomes First State to Turn Medicaid into a Block Grant
By Amy Goldstein NASHVILLE, TN -— Tennessee unveiled a plan on Tuesday to convert Medicaid into a block grant — an idea long supported by conservatives that would rupture the federal government’s...
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Climate Strikers March, Hold “Die-In”
NASHVILLE, TN –Metro school children marched to the State Capitol Friday to demand immediate action on climate change. Inspired by teenager Greta Thunberg, who started protesting every Friday in front...
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Mempho Music Festival Set for Oct. 19-20
MEMPHIS, TN — Mempho Music Festival at Shelby Farms Park (memphofest.com) today announced its food & beverage line-up for the weekend-long event taking place at Shelby Farms Park on October 19 and...
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The “Art Lady,” Creating A Positive Vision
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — For over twenty years she has been using art as therapy in the inner city of Knoxville. Audrey Wallace has been an advocate for young children, showing up in parks and...
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Local Community Holds Vigil for Shooting Victim
By Ashley Benkarski MURFREESBORO, TN — Dozens gathered at Oaklands Park Sunday at 5 p.m. for a candlelit vigil in remembrance of shooting victim Terrell “Tee” Edward Ray, his family asking for...
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