Renewal House celebrated the grand opening of a new 30,000-square-foot treatment facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 24. The multi-family facility houses thirty-four apartment units, allowing the nonprofit to double its capacity for women and families seeking long-term residential treatment and recovery from substance use disorders. Each unit will be fully equipped with everything a family needs from furniture and appliances to bedding and common household items. The new facility also includes administrative offices, meeting rooms, and space for telehealth services. Since 1996, Renewal House has served more than 7,000 women and children in all of its programs combined. The Family Residential Treatment Program…
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By Michael Coard, Esquire America is racist in 2022 because it was founded on racism in 1776. The racist apple doesn’t fall far from the racist tree. And the American tree is rotten at its racist root. You want proof? Here are 10 examples (among many others) that provide irrefutable evidence that July 4th epitomizes this country’s racist foundation. On July 4, 1776, when the edited version of the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, 41 of the 56 signers of that historic document — as confirmed by Chuck Huggins, former communications specialist at…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–American Baptist College recently received $15,000 from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority’s (MNAA) 2022 Charity Golf Tournament. The gift was presented at the 2022 Commencement Ceremony, which added to the joy of the event for the graduates and their families. “We were thrilled to support one of the most beloved and dynamic colleges in our city,” said Doug Kreulen, president and CEO of BNA. “American Baptist College has such a rich legacy and has cultivated some of the most influential leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, it is a pleasure to contribute to this institution’s bright future.”…
A search team has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in the 1955 kidnapping of Emmett Till. The Associated Press reported that the team searched a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the African American teenager’s lynching, and now relatives of the victim want authorities to finally arrest the woman nearly 70 years later. A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham — identified as “Mrs. Roy Bryant” on the document — was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill told The…
Many kids grow up being told the only way to succeed is by attending a four-year university. This belief can make postsecondary school seem out of reach, particularly for underresourced and marginalized groups like the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) population. The BIPOC community is often at a disadvantage when it comes to financial resources and societal barriers. However, vocational and trade school programs can also provide excellent career opportunities and long-term financial stability. This guide investigates statistics about postsecondary education and race and why some students may want to consider vocational school instead. Learn about 13 vocational…
Nashville, Tenn.–Established in 1978, Metro Nashville Arts Commission is the office of Arts & Culture for the city of Nashville and Davidson County. We believe the arts produce a more vibrant and equitable community. Further, we strive to ensure that the broad scope of Nashvillians has access to a creative life through community investments, artist and organizational training, public art, and direct programs that involve residents in all forms of arts and culture. Needless to say we are very pleased with the number of physical displays of art we have placed throughout Nashville for the enjoyment of the entire community.…
By Aliyah Veal JACKSON, Miss.—“I have a song I want you to listen to,” Tommy Couch Sr. told Dorothy Moore over the phone in 1973. Putting down the receiver and stepping out of her great-grandmother’s house on Monument Street in Jackson, Moore walked to the nearby Malaco Records. Inside the studio, Couch sat at the soundboard, pressing play and letting music fill the studio with the sounds of “Misty Blue,” a slow, country tune about the struggle to get over a lost lover. The producer turned toward Moore: “Do you want to record it?” he asked her once the song ended.…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–Two highly respected Vanderbilt faculty members, known for their academic leadership and impactful research, are taking on new roles to advance undergraduate education, scholarship and creative expression at the university, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver announced today. Tiffiny Tung, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Social and Natural Sciences, will become vice provost for undergraduate education, and Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities and professor of African American and diaspora studies and French, will serve as vice provost for arts and libraries. The vice provost roles, both effective July 1, 2022, will take…
(Montgomery, AL) The Freedom Rides Museum presents “The Green Book: Navigating Jim Crow America” Exhibit during the month of July. The museum also returns to pre-pandemic Saturday hours beginning July 2, 2022. The Freedom Rides Museum, a historic property operated by the Alabama Historical Commission, will host The Green Book: Navigating Jim Crow America, during the month of July. The exhibit focuses on the annual Green Book travel guide that catered to Black travelers during the twentieth century. The Green Book listed accommodations and businesses throughout the country that welcomed and respected Black customers. The exhibit also highlights Alabama businesses and…
Lie-in-state10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.Thursday, July 7, 2022Mt. Zion Baptist Church7594 Old Hickory BlvdWhites Creek, TN Visitation With The Family12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.Thursday, July 7, 2022Mt. Zion Baptist Church7594 Old Hickory BlvdWhites Creek, TN Omega Psi Phi Memorial Service & Boule Service12:30 p.m.Thursday, July 7, 2022Mt. Zion Baptist Church7594 Old Hickory BlvdWhites Creek, TN Celebration of Life1:00 p.m.Thursday, July 7, 2022Mt. Zion Baptist Church7594 Old Hickory BlvdWhites Creek, TN In lieu of flowers, the family requests for donations to be made to: Chi Boule Foundation: www.chiboulefoundation.org/DarrellFreeman Hotel Arrangements can be made through: https://stay.visitfranklin.com/search/?Checkin=07%2F06%2F06%2F2022&Checkout=07%2F09%2F2022&GuestsADult=2&GuestsChildren=0 Mr. Darrell S. Freeman, Sr., age 57, of Brentwood, transitioned from…