This is the 8th article in the Tribune’s affordable housing series. The first part is about what public housing is like today. In the second part we discuss the history of public housing in the U.S. NASHVILLE, TN – Imagine you lived in a rat-infested apartment building with holes in the ceiling, mold inside the walls, with leaky plumbing and no electricity. Imagine your landlord wouldn’t do anything about it. Imagine if the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) paid your landlord $10 million to keep dozens of families, just like yours, in such dilapidated buildings for seven years.…
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By B. Robinson Should the late George Floyd be a Black American hero? Do you want future generations to glance back over their shoulders and view Mr. Floyd as a leading symbol in the fight for Black American freedom, justice, and equality? Mr. Floyd lost his life under unappealing and unpleasant circumstances. He was murdered with his hands cuffed behind his back and he was face down on the pavement because of an alleged and unresolved use of a counterfeit $20 bill to purchase cigarettes.1 How should Mr. Floyd be compared with the innumerable Black American personalities who have lost…
NASHVILLE-Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) issued a statement today applauding a vote to remove a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from Tennessee’s Capitol Building. Sen. Akbari’s full statement: “From the Fort Pillow massacre to roving lynch mobs, from Jim Crow to the assassination of MLK, Jr., it’s time for us, as one people, to heal the wounds of the past. Much like this bust symbolizes the pain and suffering of slavery and ?terror, removing the likeness of Nathan Bedford Forrest from a place of honor in Tennessee’s Capitol is a symbol for much needed reconciliation. No doubt we have work to…
Nashville, TN (TN TRIBUNE) YOU HAVE THE POWER (YHTP) held its 9th Annual Powerhouse Awards on Thursday, July 22nd. Unlike past years, the signature event streamed live from The Temple Church on the YOU HAVE THE POWER website, Facebook page, and YouTube channel. To accommodate COVID-19 protocols, a small contingent of guests and honorees gathered at the church. Sponsors hosted watch parties to view the program online, with boxed suppers provided by The Corner Market Catering Company and wine by West Meade Wine & Liquor Mart. The event was produced by YHTP board president Victor Wynn, Executive Pastor of The Temple Church, and hosted…
WeGo would like to get your input on the The North Nashville Transit Center, which will not only enhance the waiting experience, but also improve access and connections across the city, including Trinity Lane. This, in turn, will promote economic growth, job creation and equitable access to transit. If you have not already, please complete the survey. We want to hear what is important to you. Please visit wegotransit.com. What is a transit center? A neighborhood transit center is a facility that combines multiple modes of transportation into one location that may include examples such as local bus, bike, taxi,…
Published by Historic Nashville, Inc., with support from the Tennessee Preservation Trust and the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, this brochure’s goal is to promote sites in Nashville associated with the Civil Rights Movement and help preserve the remaining places where important events occurred. This walking and driving tour brochure provides the locations and history of places that played a key role in Nashville’s Civil Rights Movement. These places included churches, schools, universities, commercial buildings, recreational facilities, and other types of properties. The identification of these places provides a direct physical connection to the past and helps people today to…
By Julianne Malveaux There is lots of great news in the June Employment Situation report. Eight hundred and fifty thousand jobs were created! And while the unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged at 5.9 percent, the labor market is showing signs of life. The Biden-Harris administration doesn’t mind crowing about it, either, noting that the three million jobs that have been created since they took office in late January are the best running start that any administration has experienced in modern history. The legislation that has pumped money into the economy and quickened the pace of COVID vaccinations is working, even…
By Melissa Scott Sinclair An ordinary Trailways bus, southbound from Atlanta. But Theresa Ann Walker didn’t know where it might take her. Would the bus reach Jackson, Miss.? Or be turned aside? Would it burn? She stepped aboard. That decision, 60 years ago, was driven by a deep conviction: Something was very wrong in America, Walker knew. She had to do something about it. It was driven, too, by love. Walker’s husband was the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, who was then working as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and serving as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s…
Retired Episcopal Supervisor Stanley McKenzie (1944-2021) Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)—Born on October 6, 1944, Supervisor McKenzie was a graduate of New York University. He was a high scorer and star player and later was inducted into the NYU Hall of Fame. He also studied International Law at the University of Perugia in Italy. McKenzie is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Jesse Owens Life Time Achievement Award from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.Drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1966, McKenzie played guard for many years on several teams: the Baltimore Bullets, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trailblazers,…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – (TN Tribune) – Historic Spruce Street Baptist Church is pleased to announce and welcome the Reverend Eric D. Williams as its 13th pastor and will celebrate with an Installation Worship Service on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2:30 p.m. at 504 Spruce Street in Nashville. Williams brings with him a sense of the congregation’s spiritual and historic significance building on the theme, “Historical Church for Contemporary Times.” As leader of Spruce Street, the Rev. Williams will be responsible for nurturing the spiritual life of the church and community. With more than 20 years of ministry experience, the Mississippi-native is a…