Scholarships Given to Outstanding Students by Advance Financial
NASHVILLE, TN — As part of its mission to advance education, Nashville-based financial services company Advance Financial gave $1,000 scholarship awards to 10 outstanding Middle Tennessee high school...
View ArticleLynching Victims Memorialized
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Victims of lynching and racial terrorism were memorialized at Fisk University recently with prayers and dedication of a plaque naming three whose murders are documented...
View ArticleFee Cut to Erase Court Record
By Clint Confehr MEMPHIS, TN — A fee to request erasure of a criminal record is now about half of what it was, according to a legislator who wrote a law lowering the cost. Rep. Raumesh Akbari,...
View ArticleYoung Nashville Father is Proud to be a Dad
By Janice Malone NASHVILLE, TN — According to government statistics and key research institutes such as Politifact, more than 72 percent of children born in African American homes are born out of...
View ArticleSign Unveiled at Church-Owned Affordable Apartments
NASHVILLE, TN —Fairfield M. B. Church, located on Dickerson Road in Goodlettsville, unveiled a significant sign to its apartment complex the church has owned for approximately 20 years. The...
View ArticleJuneteenth Urban Music Festival Celebrates 25 Years
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – The Memphis Juneteenth Urban Music Festival is celebrating 25 years of fun-filled, musical merriment Friday through Sunday, June 16-18, on the grounds of the historic...
View ArticleFatherhood Games at Fontanel June 17
WHITES CREEK, TN — The non-profit Family Foundation Fund (FFF), founded in 1993 is pleased to announce continuation of their premiere 5K Trail Race, followed by The Fatherhood Games at Fontanel. The...
View ArticleFort Negley About to Get Shaved
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Metro’s procurement office recently approved a plan to build 405 apartments, two office buildings, retail stores, and an early childhood education center in Fort Negley...
View ArticleRally for Healing to Stop the Killing at Kingdom Café and Grill
Nashville, TN – Friday, June 23, at 6:00 PM The Kingdom Café and Grill and Pastor Howard Jones present A Youth Rally For Healing To Stop The Killing. Be a part of the this positive effort for a Better...
View ArticleHeated Contest Between Two NNPA Publishers
Denise Rolark-Barnes and Dorothy Leavell are contending for chair of NNPA this week. By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com — As civil rights and racial justice enthusiasts observe the 190th birthday...
View ArticleTSU’s Glover’s Late Father Honored With Street Naming in Memphis
By Lucas Johnson, TSU, Department of Media Relations NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — The late father of Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover was honored for his leadership and...
View Article9/11 Memorial Architect to Design Charleston Shooting Memorial
By Hayley Miller The architect who designed the 9/11 Memorial in New York City has been tapped to create a monument honoring the victims of the 2015 massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South...
View ArticleThe Climate Gap
The climate change issue is a human rights, public health and social fairness issue. It is an issue that was a crisis we all thought was something we must think about tomorrow. It is evident the...
View ArticleMemphis Woman Earns Degree After Serious Car Wreck
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – If it had not been for sheer will power and the determination to finish what she had started 30 years ago, Shalonda Patryce Jackson wouldn’t have been ready to walk across...
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Shoney’s Dinner For Hope, Inspiring Nashville Youth
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — In the recent Grand Opening at Shoney’s Donelson in Nashville. CEO, David Davoudpour, invited all the children and team members from the Backfield in Motion program,...
View ArticleMLS2Nashville Sends 3,500 Local Youth to Gold Cup Match
Nashville, TN – MLS2Nashville, the committee working to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Nashville, announced today it has raised $100,000 from a group of businesses and other organizations to...
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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day.
Each year on June 27 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) observes National HIV Testing Day. On this day, the CDC unites with partners, health departments, and other organizations to...
View ArticleAll The Info You Need About Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th
NASHVILLE – Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th presented by Dr Pepper Cherry includes a new main stage at Fifth and Broadway with country music hitmaker Chris Young headlining, the Nashville...
View ArticleTrinity Lane Neighbors Nix Section 8 Project
By Peter White Recall petition for District 2 councilman is being prepared NASHVILLE, TN — On short notice dozens of District 2 residents packed into the Hartman Park Community Center June 19 to hear...
View ArticleThe Links, Inc. Conference Held in Minneapolis-St.Paul
By Genma Stringer Holmes MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL — The 40th Area Conference of the Central Area of The Links, Incorporated convened in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area June 7-11, 2017. During the...
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