NASHVILLE, TN — On the Road to 100, American Baptist College celebrates its 97th anniversary on the Road to 100 in 2024. The anniversary event will be Thursday, October 7, at 6 p.m. on the lawn of Griggs Hall. This year’s event focuses on historic Griggs Hall, the first building on the 54-acre campus. It is also the building that Civil Rights activists of the Non-Violent Movement used for further training during the 1960s, after they had left training at First Baptist, Capitol Hill, Clark Memorial and Gordon Memorial churches taught by the Rev. James Lawson and other leaders. The…
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NASHVILLE, TN — As someone with strong ties to North Nashville, you likely know how much the area has contributed to the city as a whole. The City of Nashville would like to hear from you, as it pursues steps to rectify the harm done when Interstate 40 (I-40) bisected this vibrant community. That journey begins with a proposed project that could be a catalyst to building a future that honors and expands upon Jefferson Street’s rich legacy. The Jefferson Street Cap is a proposed land bridge (a ‘cap’ or a ‘lid’) that would reconnect Jefferson and Scovel Streets above…
NASHVILLE, TN — (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University and Kroger celebrated the grand opening of the newly expanded and relocated Tiger Food Pantry on Thursday, October 7. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place outside Wilson Hall on the campus of TSU. The new pantry is the result of a partnership between Kroger and TSU to help continue to address food insecurity on campus. The College and University Food Bank Alliance estimates that 30 percent of college students in the U.S. are food insecure. The pantry will offer TSU students in need access to shelf stable food items, frozen meals,…
NASHVILLE, TN — The 10 Year Anniversary Celebration of Jazz On The Cumberland begins Sunday October 17 from 3:30 pm-6 pm with the official program at 4:30 pm. Jazz On The Cumberland is held once a month, May thru October, on designated Sundays at the Nashville Cumberland Park 592 S. First St. (next to the Titans Nissan Stadium) overlooking the scenic skyline of downtown Nashville. The Jazz series has an average monthly attendance of 3,000, except for Mother’s and Father’s Day which always has a record breaking attendances of more than 5,000. Jazz On The Cumberland was founded in…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Public Library and the Nashville Public Library Foundation are proud to honor award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Colson Whitehead as the 2021 Literary Award winner during the upcoming Literary Award Weekend. Whitehead’s impressive collection of works and his commitment to the education of disadvantaged students and young people of color make him the ideal recipient for this award. “We are elated to honor Colson Whitehead, after two years of waiting, and to spend the weekend celebrating literacy and the great work of the Library,” said Shawn Bakker, president of the Nashville Public Library Foundation.…
HENDERSONVILLE, TN — At a special congregational meeting held on Sunday, September 19th, the St. Timothy Lutheran Church congregation voted to call Reverend Jennifer S. Michael to be their new pastor. St. Timothy, located at 650 E. Main Street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, will welcome Pastor Michael on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the 10:30 am worship service. Council President Dorothy Jones says, “We look forward to welcoming Pastor Jennifer to St. Timothy in a few weeks, and we are excited to see where God is leading us on this new journey.” Pastor Michael, a native of Pensacola, Florida,…
U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. on Friday, Oct. 1, said it would seek authorization for the first oral antiviral pill to treat COVID-19, after a clinical trial showed it cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half when given to high-risk people during infection. The drug, known as molnupiravir, was first shown to be efficacious against coronaviruses including the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, by investigators in the lab of Mark Denison, MD, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and their colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Initially developed by the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD)…
This is the 11th article in the Tennessee Tribune’s series on affordable housing. NASHVILLE, TN– Gentrification nearly captured Fort Negley, did capture the old State Fairgrounds, and could soon claim the last remnant of the old Edgehill District—seven acres known as the Beaman property. It abuts South St. that has been completely gentrified. Last week, the Planning Commission approved the North Edgehill Commons project with two 9-story, one 8-story, and three 5-story buildings provided the builder leases first floor space to a large retail grocery store. District 19 Councilman Freddie O’Connell introduced a bill to Metro Council Tuesday that passed…
After the Civil War, African Americans settled near Fort Negley on land that became the Edgehill District. It stretched from 8th Ave to 18th Ave S. bordering Belmont University and Vanderbilt University to the west. What would become Music Row was to the north and Wedgwood Avenue to the south. The area is roughly 1½ square mile in size and for a century African Americans lived there in wood frame houses. A thriving business district developed along South St. and 12th Avenue South. There were hardware stores, bakeries, barbershops, and restaurants. African Americans who lived in the neighborhood owned Hick’s Grocery Store, Clemons’…