Home-Flipping Show Takes Over Music City
By Keena Day NASHVILLE, TN – HGTV is looking to diversify its appeal. And the home flipping franchise decided to start in Nashville with two dynamic black entrepreneurs. “Joined at the FLIP”, a show...
View ArticleOmarosa Shocks, Angers Some NNPA Publishers as She Walks Out of ‘Black Press...
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Omarosa Manigault, President Donald Trump’s director of communications for public liaison, walked out of a breakfast meeting she had requested to attend, hosted by the National...
View ArticleThe Tax Freeze Act Deadline Approaching
NASHVILLE, TN — The tax freeze program was approved by Tennessee voters in a November, 2006 constitutional amendment referendum. The Tax Freeze Act of 2007 permits local governments to implement the...
View ArticleStudents Having a ‘Dog-Gone’ Good Time With Books
By Robert Alan Glover MURFREESBORO, TN — Lindsay Frierson just spent an entire Saturday “going to the dogs, so to speak.” Frierson is media relations specialist for “PAWS (Pet Adoption Animal Welfare...
View ArticleWOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Salute to Brenda Wynn, Davidson County Clerk
By Tribune Writer Brenda Wynn, has served as the Davidson County Clerk since 2012. She was first appointed by the Metropolitan Council in August, 2012. She was later elected by the voters of...
View ArticleHistorical Marker a Tribute to Lee Sisters
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — Going to jail is not at all pomp and circumstance. But for a family of courageous sisters, it was a “badge of honor” to be carted off to jail 17 times during the turbulent...
View ArticleCommunity Calendar
March 31 – April 8 The Destiny Theatre Experience will present Dael Orlandersmith’s “Yellowman” at the Darkhorse Theater, as a part of the company’s 10th anniversary season. The Darkhorse is located at...
View ArticleBeyond The Vote: A Panel Discussion On Political Engagement Event To Build...
NASHVILLE,TN- NOW! (Not on Our Watch), the TSU SGA, and the TSU NAACP chapter will host an event at Tennessee State University’s Floyd Payne Campus Center to discuss options for students to become...
View ArticleMLK Wreath Laying Ceremony
The Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will commemorate the 49th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a wreath laying ceremony on April 4, 2017 at the Martin...
View ArticleAFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders to Lay Wreath Commemorating Sanitation Workers Strike
MEMPHIS, Tenn – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees President Lee Saunders will attend a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating two sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert...
View ArticleBlack Women Publishers Drive the Black Press
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor WASHINGTON, DC — In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,” John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press and...
View ArticleBordeaux Residents Want City to Adopt Jackson Law
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – Metro council will soon decide whether to adopt a 1989 state law that allows cities and counties to vote on landfills before the Tennessee Department of Environment and...
View ArticleNashville Cherry Festival and Japanese Street Food Feast Set for April 8
NASHVILLE, TN — A veritable Japanese street food feast – with offerings both savory and sweet – awaits festival goers Saturday, April 8th at the Ninth Annual Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival....
View ArticleWomen of Color Lead Volkswagen’s Diversity Programs
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor The job of a lifetime is something most aspire to but, for some, the fantasy simply is much too difficult to even comprehend. Brown is a 21-year veteran of...
View Article2020 Census Will Under Count Minorities Again
By Peter White The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Census Bureau could fail to accurately count the U.S. population in 2020. In February, the GAO put the 2020 Census on its list of 34...
View ArticleDemonstrators Lift-up Dr. King’s Legacy
By Michele Nyberg MEMPHIS, TN — Civil rights leaders, clergy, union members and community activists on Tuesday advocated a $15 minimum wage while commemorating the 49th anniversary of the Rev. Dr....
View ArticleFree Tax Assistance Offered from AARP
It’s almost tax day! Need help getting your taxes files on time? You may want to try the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program, a free tax assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low to moderate...
View ArticleChinese-based Company Opens Manufacturing Plant
By Cillea Houghton LAVERGNE, TN — Chinese-based company and Walmart supplier Sinomax will bring 350 new manufacturing jobs to Tennessee with its factory in LaVergne. The company plans to add 30 new...
View ArticleSenate Housing Bill Delayed Until 2018
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The State and Local Government Committee all but killed a senate housing bill Tuesday that would have ended set asides for affordable housing projects in Davidson County....
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