Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Seeks Scholarship Applicants
NASHVILLE, TN — The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization connecting generosity with need in 40 Middle Tennessee and three Kentucky counties, announces its annual...
View ArticleCelebrating Black History… American History
As we enter the month of February, we plan great events in recognition of Black History Month. We celebrate leaders of the past from Frederick Douglas, to Martin Luther King, Jr., to Rosa Parks, to...
View ArticleRough Winter Tests Undergrounds at Schools
By Reginald Stuart WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lots of school systems across the country, from elementary level through college, look forward to the winter breaks as a time to rest and refresh. In most cases,...
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140th Anniversary of Austin AE Planning Begins
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — There were over 1100 in attendance at the previous celebration of the historic two schools, Austin and the emergence of the new school after a merger in 1964, Austin...
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Rev. Dr. L. LaSimba, New Sardis Baptist Church, Memphis, Retires
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View ArticleTribune Report Exposes Lack of Black, Minority Economic Opportunity
By Tribune Staff NASHVILLE, TN — One thing often overlooked when people discuss the Civil Rights Movement is that economic opportunity and empowerment were goals right alongside political and social...
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Community Returns to General
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Retired Metro Schools teacher Jimmie Hill thanks “God, Metro General and the ambulance crew,” and she wants everybody to know it. “They brought the sunshine back in,”...
View ArticleClayton Seeking State Rep Seat
By Clare Bratten NASHVILLE, TN — Attorney Terry Clayton of the Bellshire community is running for the open seat for the 54th State District as Representative in the Tennessee Legislature. Clayton is a...
View ArticleA Rising Tide Raises All Boats, But Not in the ‘IT’ City
By Nashville NAACP Economic Development Committee NASHVILLE, TN — The Metro Council passed Procurement Non-Discrimination Legislation in 2008, following two (2) Racial Disparity Studies completed in...
View ArticleMetro Council Votes to Put Transit Plan on May Ballot
NASHVILLE, TN — The Metro Council voted tonight to put the Let’s Move Nashville transit plan on the May 1 ballot. “This is an important step forward in giving Nashvillians a voice in their transit...
View ArticleLabor Rule Change – Keeping a Tip Soon May Be Illegal
By Clare Bratten NASHVILLE, TN — Restaurant workers worried about a threat to their tip income delivered hundreds of petition signatures Friday to the Department of Labor offices here. The petition...
View ArticleKnoxville’s Motley Crew, Where Everybody Knows Your Name
KNOXVILLE, TN — Hubert realized that in Knoxville lived some of the greatest civil rights advocates of the sixties and he reached out to them with the intent just to get to know them. His first lunch...
View ArticleSummer Food Program Seeks Community Partners
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) will open the application process for organizations to participate in this year’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on Thursday,...
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District 1 and 2 Super Bowl Party
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View ArticleWoman Who Wrote ‘We Shall Overcome’ Finally Gets Recognized For Civil Rights...
Credit is finally going where it’s due. The song “We Shall Overcome” has left an indelible mark on American culture. Part gospel hymn, part protest anthem of the civil rights movement, the origin of...
View ArticleAs Mayor’s Star Fades City Council Begins to Shine
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The city council approved a referendum on Mayor Megan Barry’s $9 billion transit plan last week. They also voted to create a special committee to look into the Mayor’s...
View ArticleHere We Go Again – Another Diversity Study
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – Metro has hired an Atlanta firm, Grifffin & Strong, to conduct a study of the city’s contract-letting. Two previous disparity studies in 1999 and 2004 documented the...
View ArticleCandidate Tillman Payne Wants to Change Culture of the Court
From Tribune Staff NASHVILLE, TN — Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and attorney, Tillman W. Payne, III will seek the office of General Sessions Judge – Division X in the May 1, 2018 election. Tillman, a...
View ArticleRev. Jesse Jackson Argues Not Voting Cost the Election
By Clare Bratten NASHVILLE, TN — The Reverend Jesse Jackson, noted civil rights activist and political leader, met this week with church groups, legislators, and Tennessee State University students...
View ArticleCivil Rights Activists Protest Trump February 17th
By Clint Confehr Civil rights activists continue their response to issues arising from the white lives matter demonstration in Shelbyville and white supremacists’ abandoned protest in Murfreesboro last...
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