Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–A white referee at a high school basketball game in Tennessee is accused of using a racial slur to a 14-year-old player who is Black. Now the NAACP Nashville Branch, Urban League of Middle Tennessee, PROPEL and Interdenominational Ministries Fellowship have written an open letter to Bernard Childress, Executive DirectorTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association calling for termination of the referee. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, Nov. 17, during a girls’ basketball game between Smyrna High School and STEM Preparatory Academy. According to the game tape and witness accounts, the white male referee approached the 14-year-old black…
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The Following Report is From Holler Governor Bill Lee has just appointed Jordan Mollenhour of Knoxville to the State Board of Education, the governing and policy-making body for Tennessee’s Pre-K-12 public education system. What the articles about the appointment haven’t mentioned is Mollenhour’s very concerning history as an online ammunition dealer, owning an online company with an obscure ownership trail that according to the St. Louis Dispatch sold thousands of bullets to at least one mass shooter.In a 2014 article called “HOW THE AURORA SHOOTER GOT HIS AMMO” by Todd Frankel, then of the St. Louis Dispatch, Frankel follows the trail of the sale of the…
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CLEVELAND, MISS. (TN Tribune) — GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi has announced it will participate in this year’s annual GivingTuesday— a global day of generosity that will take place on Nov. 30, 2021. The Mississippi Museum will be participating in GivingTuesday to raise funds for an outdoor musical playscape for all the community to enjoy. Donations on GivingTuesday can be made online. Visit here to learn more about giving opportunities for GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. “Like so many other arts, cultural and community organizations throughout Mississippi and across the country, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Emily Havens,…
By Oscar H. Blayton Denial can be deadly. I have heard narratives of Jews in the path of the Nazi onslaught who simply could not believe that Hitler’s followers could possibly be as bad as many had warned. And now I am hearing people of color refusing to believe that a terrible storm of racism isbrewing in America. The grotesque four-year performance of Donald Trump in the White House has given license to the worst elements among the American population to act out their fear and hatred of anyone they do not perceive to be like them. It’s time to…
By Andrew Moss Like a gravitational field, there’s a narrative that exerts a powerful pull on U.S. immigration policy. It features hordes of migrants besieging our southern border, bringing crime, and lured (as the latest version goes) by erratic border enforcement and a lenient Biden administration. It’s a narrative as powerful as it is untrue, and it needs to be countered: not just for the sake of immigrants, but for the nation as a whole. On November 19, when House Democrats passed a $2.2 trillion social safety net and climate bill, they left out a signature Biden administration commitment: a…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–For the third consecutive year, Fisk University has produced a Rhodes Scholarship finalist nationwide. Saraya Ashley, a senior political science major and Student Government President, was invited in November of 2021 to interview for what is widely considered the most prestigious academic scholarship available worldwide. Ms. Ashley is the fourth Fisk student to make it to the Rhodes Scholarships finals in the last 3 years. This year, Ms. Saraya Ashley became the second African-American woman from Fisk University to make it to the Rhodes Scholarship finals. Each year across the nation nearly two thousand university students apply…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 25, 2021) – Metro Social Services will open an extreme cold weather shelter Thursday, November 25, 2021. The Cold Weather Overflow Shelter WILL BE OPEN Friday, November 26, 2021 from 7pm to 7am. The Extreme Cold Weather Overflow Shelter will open in anticipation of extreme cold in Metro Nashville Davidson County.Metro’s Extreme Cold Weather Shelter will be set up at the 3230 Brick Church Pike, Nashville, TN 37207. A Transportation “Hub and Spoke” plan is in place for outreach workers to drop off individuals at designated locations in West, East, North, and South Nashville, to catch free vans to WeGo…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–WeGo Public Transit will host a round of Transit Out Loud listening sessions and presentations on WeGo’s current projects including QuickTicket, WeGo Link, neighborhood transit centers, job openings and more in December. The sessions will be followed by an opportunity for the public to share public transit experiences and speak with WeGo staff in partnership with the Civic Design Center, and the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee. The meeting schedule and links are below. • Monday, December 6 from 12 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. with the TransitAlliance of Middle TennesseeMeeting Registration Link • Wednesday, December 8 from…
Nashville, Tenn. — The Equity Alliance (TEA), a statewide grassroots organization focused on building independent civic and economic power in communities of color, today announced the appointment of entrepreneur, philanthropist and music mogul Percy ‘Master P’ Miller as their latest board recruit. As founder and CEO of No Limit Entertainment, the Grammy award-winning hip-hop mogul brings more than three decades of business acumen experience and is a fierce advocate for financial empowerment through his many philanthropic investments. Miller will be instrumental in amplifying TEA’s mission to a nationwide audience and create partnerships with companies and brands who share a commitment…