NASHVILLE, TN (TN Tribune)– WPRT-FM ESPN 102.5 The Game announced that “Floyd Reese: A True Titan” will air Friday night, November 19, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. The program honors the late Floyd Reese as he is inducted into the Titans’ Ring of Honor for contributions as the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans GM from 1994-2006. The program is hosted by Reese’s longtime co-host Jared Stillman of “Jared & The GM” and features guests including Titans GM Jon Robinson, former Titans coach Mike Mularkey, Former Titans coach Mike Munchak, former NFL coach Jerry Glanville, former Titans WR Chris Sanders, former Titans…
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With less than three weeks remaining until the Dec. 3 tnAchieves mentor application deadline, 3,000 volunteer mentors are still needed to meet student demand statewide. Counties with outstanding mentor need in Middle Tennessee include: Houston County – 3 Mentors Needed Stewart County – 4 Mentors Needed Trousdale County – 5 Mentors Needed Humphreys County – 11 Mentors Needed Cheatham County – 28 Mentors Needed Dickson County – 32 Mentors Needed Robertson County – 52 Mentors Needed Montgomery County – 87 Mentors Needed Wilson County – 93 Mentors Needed Sumner County – 135 Mentors Needed Rutherford County – 210 Mentors…
The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom that covers politics through a gender lens, is launching a fellowship for graduates of historically Black colleges and universities with support from Nikole Hannah-Jones and Howard University. The fellowship program, which is named after “mother of African American journalism” Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, will place five HBCU graduates in one-year, salaried positions at The 19th. Those fellows will also receive “advisory support” from Hannah-Jones, Howard’s Knight Chair in Race and Journalism. The goal, said The 19th editor-at-large Errin Haines, is to bring more journalists of color and their lived experiences into the industry. The 19th…
Regional CEO for Tennessee, Georgia retired in 2021 after 40 years at leading behavioral health company Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) — Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, has formally named its outpatient clinic at 1921 Ransom Place the Dr. Robert N. Vero Center. This recognition honors the inspiring career of Bob Vero, Centerstone’s recently retired regional CEO who spent 40 years at the not-for-profit organization. On site at a special ceremony, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Deputy Commissioner Matt Yancey presented Vero with a proclamation from Governor Bill Lee officially declaring A Day of Recognition for…
Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 are set to be exonerated on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. After a two-year re-investigation, it was discovered that evidence that would have benefited the defense in the trial of Muhammad Aziz, now 83, and the late Khalil Islam was withheld, according to their attorneys, the Innocence Project and civil rights lawyer David Shanies. Describing his conviction, Aziz said that it was “the result of a process that was corrupt to its core—one that is all too familiar.” “I do not need a court, prosecutors or a piece of paper to tell me…
BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT Elizabeth Queener does not pull punches when recalling her childhood in segregated Maury County. “That is no way to start out in the world, because it either turns you into a prejudiced idiot or a very confused child,” she says. She may have been a confused child, but decades later the 82-year-old woman has achieved a sense of moral clarity. A few years ago, a friend of Queener asked for help finding information about an ancestor, whom they discovered had fought in the Civil War with the U.S. Colored Troops. Ultimately, Queener and others identified dozens of…
NASHVILLE, TN – Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services (DCS) changed a lot from 2004-2014. It was under a 2001 federal court order to make more than 100 changes in how it managed the state’s child welfare system. By 2010 DCS had made significant progress. According to a 2019 study by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, 77% of children who entered foster care in 2010 experienced just one move compared to 61% of children who entered care in 2001. Fifteen percent of children who entered foster care in 2001 experienced four or more moves, but just 8% of children…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribute)—Anna Pearl Powell Henderson entered into eternal rest on November 10, 2021. She was born November 27, 1927 in Tabor, Texas, to Annie Robinson Powell and Johnny Powell. After losing both her parents at a young age, she was reared in Bryan, Texas, by her mother’s sister, Alberta “Birdie” Woods Nevels. Upon graduation from high school, she entered Prairie View A&M College, where she met her future husband, Vivian Wilson Henderson, a business professor. They married in Bristol, Virginia, on September 8, 1949. The following year, she accompanied her husband to the University of Iowa, where they…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On Wednesday, November 17, Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore of the United States District Court in the Northern District of California issued a ruling putting the FDA on notice that further delay in issuing a proposed rule on ending the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes could be constructed as “undue delay” under the Administrative Procedure Act. In April of 2021, the FDA announced that they would begin the rulemaking process in response to a citizen’s petition filed in 2013. The impetus for this historic announcement was generated by a lawsuit filed by the African American Tobacco Control…
NASHVILLE, TN — American Baptist College has partnered with Atlanta based digital guidance box platform, Encredibox, to provide recent graduates and currently enrolled students career coaching services through a safe and cleverly packaged gift box. The Encredibox guidance box, which is appropriately named Career Catcher, is 100% virtual using custom technology for digital delivery and includes electronic contents such as resume templates, video interview coaching, career search guides and more. With a focus on resume creation, interview preparation, career search and follow up, it provides recipients with the strategy and tools needed for a successful career search. The career guidance…