This article ran previously in the Tennessee Star on May 5, 2019 By Chris Butler The man who oversees the Tennessee General Assembly’s Local Information Server disputed some of what News Channel 5’s Phil Williams reported about Cade Cothren and Justin Jones and said so to him in an email Thursday. Cothren is chief of staff for Tennessee Speaker of the House Glen Casada. Jones is a left-wing activist and Vanderbilt Divinity School student awaiting a court date for allegedly throwing a cup of coffee at Casada as he stood in an elevator. As Williams reported this week, Cothren might…
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ALEXANDER CITY, AL — Today, Bourbon+ Magazine, the quarterly magazine devoted to the people, stories, and science behind the bottle, releases its Volume 5, Number 3 issue, a special edition featuring the key players and brands changing the previously white male-dominated Tennessee Whiskey industry. The issue’s cover story, “Kindred Spirits,” highlights three of the biggest names in Tennessee Whiskey today: Nicole Austin, Distiller and General Manager of George Dickel, Melvin Keebler SVP General Manager of Jack Daniel’s Distillery, and Fawn Weaver, CEO and founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, and Bourbon+ Magazine’s first-ever external guest editor. The magazine opens with…
On April 8, Carol Goss Daniels passed away at her home at age 59 after an eight-year battle with colon cancer. Carol poured herself into building and nurturing the relationships in her life, beginning with her daughters, Megan and Samantha. And she was a champion for women and their success. She loved helping women succeed in any way she could. Guy Huntingford, who recruited Carol into the media business in 2003, said it well, “She was a force of nature.” In her varied career, Carol brought enthusiasm, energy, passion and leadership to each commitment she made. She was the Executive…
Acclaimed plant stylist Hilton Carter comes to NMAAHC to celebrate the release of his new book Living Wild: How to Plant Style Your Home and Cultivate Happiness. Revealing his creative process, Carter’s book inspires readers to elevate their home decor and find joy in living wild. The discussion will also examine how Carter’s practice operates within an Afrofuturist framework and aesthetic, themes that are currently explored in the exhibition Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures. Denise Robinson Simms, Associate Director for External Affairs at NMAAHC, will moderate the conversation. Copies of the book will be for sale and signing courtesy…
Dr. Phyllis Qualls, a contributing writer with the Nashville Tennessee Tribune, was a part of a panel on Let It Be Known with Stacy Brown discussing Rep. Justin Jones and the Tennessee 3.
(Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio) The Wilberforce University Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Vann R. Newkirk, a prestigious nationally known educator, as the university’s 23rd president. Dr. Newkirk will assume the presidency in July of this year, succeeding Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, who announced his retirement as president in March of 2022. The Wilberforce Family expresses heartfelt appreciation for Dr. Pinkard’s dedicated service to the university. His sound leadership during a global health crisis is one of his many contributions that will not be forgotten, and his legacy will continue to inspire and influence the future of this great institution…
By Judd Legum The following article was originally published by Popular Information Last week, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) led the charge to expel two members of the Tennessee House, Justin Jones (D) and Justin Pearson (D). Jones and Pearson were expelled for expressing solidarity with protesters in the House gallery who were calling on the legislature to take action after a mass shooting left six people, including three children, dead. (Sexton also voted to expel Representative Gloria Johnson (D), but she retained her seat.) According to Sexton, Jones and Pearson were expelled for breaking “several rules of decorum and…
Statement: We, members of the Circle of Elders, strongly support the actions of Representatives Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson in the Well of the TN House on March 30, 2023. This was a nonviolent direct action in the spirit of US Rep. John Lewis to protest “business as usual” being conducted during outcries of pain from thousands of citizens, both adults and young people, who left their jobs and their schools to make their voices heard. For a long time, Nashville has been a focus of gathering clouds, with legislation that limits the freedom of minority…
HAMPTON, VA — The 91st Annual Eastern Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will convene at the Hampton Roads Convention Center on April 12 to April 16. Attendees from across the fraternity’s Eastern Region (AlphaEast) will conduct the regional business of the organization, engage in leadership training workshops and administer a local service project with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank. The region comprises seven districts that includes 11 states and international areas. The theme of this year’s convention is “The True Spirit of Fraternity.” On Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m., the convention will include a fireside chat that is…
By Marcia Dunn HOUSTON, TX — NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission. The first moon crew in 50 years — three Americans and one Canadian — was introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control. “This is humanity’s crew,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA’s Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no…