A New York Times guest essay published Monday expressed disapproval with social media platform Parler’s decision to move its headquarters from Nevada to Nashville, Tennessee, declaring the “blue city” would never turn red despite the site’s appeal to conservative users. “When NPR’s tech reporter, Bobby Allyn, tweeted last week that the social media site Parler was moving its headquarters from Nevada to Nashville, a single word came to my mind — a word this newspaper will not publish, no matter that it is the only word in the English language truly appropriate to the situation,” columnist and Nashville resident Margaret Renkl wrote. Renkl…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Local and national leaders are reacting to the sudden death of Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. Powell suddenly on Monday due to complications from COVID-19. He was 84. Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for a street in Brooklyn, New York, named after Confederate army leader Robert. E. Lee to be renamed in honor of the late United States General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Rev. Sharpton…
We also have to give an extra warm shoutout to a special lady that recently celebrated a very monumental birthday, becoming one of only six people currently alive in America to turn 110 years old. The best part? She’s a proud Black woman! Virginia’s own Viola Roberts Lampkin Brown hit the big 1-1-0 last week on October 4th, making her the first and only supercentenarian to reside in the southern state of the six in total still alive. Throughout her many, many years of defying the odds of human mortality, Viola has been blessed with a sizable family that includes eight grandchildren,…
By Keenan “HIGz” Higgins The work of Toni Morrison has been studied, revered and celebrated for decades, and if we have it our way it’ll be a tradition we hope never ends when it comes to future scholars. However, it appears that a Karen by way of Virginia Beach is hoping to ban one of Morrison’s most important pieces of literature from her school district, along with works by other Black authors that deal in themes of race. According to The Daily Beast, “at-large” school board member Victoria Manning and another named Laura Hughes have come together to demand that four…
BY JACQUELINE LISK If Massachusetts could close the wealth gap in Black and Latinx communities, the state could grow its economy by $25 billion over five years, according to a recent report by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Closing this gap will take significant systematic changes. A 2015 study determined that in Boston, the median net worth for Black households was $8, compared to nearly $250,000 for white families. Numerous studies show Black and Latinx entrepreneurs are less likely to get funding or a bank loan than white business owners. And COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges. While white-owned businesses declined nationally by…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) – The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association Executive Board celebrated Dr. Allan Holladay as he officially retired from the position of Tennessee’s AVMA Delegate. Dr. Holladay has been a dedicated servant of the TVMA for most of his career. During the American Veterinary Medical Association annual conference in August, AVMA likewise recognized Dr. Allan Holladay upon his retirement from 13 years of service as a member of the House of Delegates. He has been a member of the TVMA since January 1, 1979, a year after graduating from Auburn University with his DVM. A life member of…
Athlete, activist, and entrepreneur accepts The Executive Leadership Council’s prestigious 2021 Global Game Changer Award WASHINGTON, DC — October 15, 2021 — Last night, athlete and social justice advocate, Colin Kaepernick, accepted The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) Global Game Changer Award at the organization’s Annual Recognition Gala and 35th Anniversary Celebration. Prompted by the event’s theme “Celebrating Our Impact and Inspiring Our Future,” Kaepernick praised The ELC’s history and called on Black corporate executives to build futures through collective efforts that do not replicate the very ideas and structures that need to be uprooted to achieve racial and economic equality.…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Maria Hite will be one of the first six MTSU students heading to Nashville’s Meharry Medical College to earn her Middle Tennessee State University degree — and eventually her Meharry medical degree — and set sail to become a primary care physician in a rural region in Tennessee. MTSU freshman Hursha Kondee is just starting the primary care physician journey as Hite did three years ago when the Medical School Early Acceptance Program, or MSEAP, launched. The MTSU College of Basic and Applied Sciences is partnering with Meharry Medical College School of Medicine through MSEAP. The program’s…
Atlanta, GA — Hammonds House Museum’s Exhibiting Culture: Highlights from the Hammonds House Museum Collection features artwork from some of the world’s premiere African American artists and will be on view through January 30, 2022. Guests of all ages are learning about and exploring the art in the ambiance of this beautiful 1857 Victorian home. Not only are visitors interested to see so many diverse images and styles of artwork from abstract and traditional to contemporary, but they are delighted to see a lot of art created by women. “When I was selecting works for this exhibition, I knew that…
(CNN) Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84. “General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook, noting he was fully vaccinated. A source familiar with the matter said Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer…