By Anoa Changa MEMPHIS, TN — The Tennessee prosecutor who went after Pamela Moses for alleged voter fraud lost her race last week. Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich was unseated by a progressive challenger Steve Mulroy. Mulroy had 56.13 percent of the vote, beating Weirich by over 15,000 votes. She has held the seat since 2011. Local community and national progressive groups wanted Weirich gone and found a challenger in Mulroy. According to the Daily Memphian, Mulroy said he wants to diversify the prosecutor’s office to reflect the large Black population of Memphis better. He also reportedly wants to…
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SPRINGFIELD, TN — Phaedra Creed, a Springfield, TN resident, was crowned the new Ms. Wheelchair International on Fri., July 15 in front of a live theatre and tv audience in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Creed, the 2010-2011 Ms. Wheelchair USA, gracefully floated on stage in a gown reminiscent of Glenda, with all the class and grace expected of an international titleholder. “I’m so honored and have been committed to the Ms. Wheelchair USA franchise and The Dane Foundation for many years. I look forward to wearing this crown to expand the organizations’ missions and serve the disability community on a global…
NASHVILLE, TN — Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church will celebrate Women’s Day during Sunday worship service, August 21, 2022, at 10 a.m. The celebration’s theme is “Entering a Season of Renewal” based on Psalm 51:10-12. The worship service will be in person as well as broadcast on Facebook Live: Lee Chapel A.M.E. The guest speaker for this year’s Women’s Day celebration will be the Reverend Dr. Chestina Mitchell Archibald, retired Elder in the United Methodist Church. Reverend Archibald, longtime Chaplain at Fisk University, is editor of Say Amen, the African American Family’s Book of Prayers (Duton & Signet), co-editor…
NASHVILLE, TN — Ellen Eskind Lehman, who more than 30 years ago founded, established and has grown The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) as a philanthropic force that has contributed more than $1.1 billion to nonprofit organizations across the nation, has announced she will retire as the nonprofit organization’s president at the end of 2022. In recognition of her vast and enduring contributions, the CFMT Board of Directors will honor Lehman with the prestigious Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award sometime in 2023 and has named Lehman a Lifetime Honorary Trustee of the organization. The CFMT board of directors has formed…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Ludwald Orren Pettipher Perry, M.D. and Rosetta Miller-Perry Endowed Scholarship at Meharry Medical College was established in 2022. Mrs. Miller-Perry, a publisher, Civil Rights Activist and owner of 2 Tennessee Tribune News Stores which includes 40 African American businesses at Nashville’s International Airport. Miller-Perry and her children established the Perry endowed Scholarship with one simple goal – to offer financial assistance to students studying gastroenterology, in honor of her late husband, the first African American gastroenterologist in Tennessee. Please join Rosetta Miller-Perry in continuing to make a positive difference in Nashville, by sending your check to The Ludwald OP Perry, MD and Rosetta Miller-Perry Scholarship at:…
More Americans than ever say they are multiracial with 33.8 million Americans identifying themselves as being of more than one race in 2020, up from about 9 million in 2010. There was an increase in reporting mixed race data, not necessarily 24 million more mixed race Americans than in 2010. Even so, this group is the fastest growing segment of the population. A related statistic is that one out of ten married people, about 11 million, are married to someone of a different race. Mixed race marriages have increased five fold since 1967 when it first became legal after the…
NASHVILLE, TN — YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee has elected 12 new members to its Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 term. New members represent leaders in the legal, finance, healthcare, education, sports, and business sectors. The 124-year-old Nashville nonprofit also promoted three senior leaders. New YWCA board members include: • Jen Berres, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, HCA Healthcare • Ruth Cate, Community Volunteer • Sarah Ann Ezzell, Community Volunteer • Michelle Kennedy, Chief Operating Officer, Nashville Predators • Marlene Moses, Founding Partner, MTR Law • Dr. Berthena Nabaa-McKinney, Educator & Leader at Islamic Center of Nashville •…
CHATTANOOGA, TN — An investigative journalist suing Gov. Bill Lee for fraud over the COVID-19 state of emergency recently sent demands for four of five state supreme court justices to recuse for prejudice and being too involved in the case to fairly hear his appeal. David Jonathan Tulis, reporter at 96.9 FM and the NoogaRadio Network, sued Lee and a Hamilton County health official in October 2020 for violating T.C.A. § 68-5-104, the key infectious disease law that requires Lee and health officials to make a determination as to the agent of contagion in an outbreak. No determination has been…
Black Business Month is celebrated in August — it’s a time to acknowledge and appreciate black-owned businesses across the nation and all that they represent in the country’s continual striving for diversity and equality. Denise Moore, CEO of the Black Business Alliance in Peoria, Illinois, has this to say about the importance of Black Business month: “Black Business Month is exciting because it gives us an opportunity to focus on a community that is far too often underrepresented when it comes to access to capital and opportunities to build wealth.” When we celebrate the contribution of black business owners and…
Serena Williams — one of the greatest of all time in women’s tennis — has announced she’s retiring her racket to focus on her business ventures and family. After a historic career, including 23 Grand Slam championship wins, Williams shared her decision on Aug. 9 in Vogue magazine, writing that she “never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair.” Williams said accepting that she’d have to move on from playing tennis wasn’t easy. She hardly talked about it with her husband and couldn’t even speak with her parents about it. But in…