NASHVILLE, TN — American Baptist College and First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, will join together to host the Rep. John Lewis Memorial Celebration, on Friday, July 16, as part of a weekend of activities honoring the Civil Rights legend. The weekend will include the viewing of the five-story mural, unveiling of the historical marker, the memorial celebration, a seminar, the formal street sign unveiling, and a ceremonial march — all culminating with a celebration program. The Memorial Celebration will take place at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 16, at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, 625 Rosa L. Parks Blvd. Members…
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By Staff Reports NASHVILLE, TN — Howard Jones, senior pastor of Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church, and an educator with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, has been working out since early July 2020 to fight COVID-19. He began this journey on July 5, 2020, and on July 4, 2021, he will celebrate a year of continuous workouts. This year-long journey had three stages. The first was to combat the COVID-19, work-at-home weight. The second was a stringent exercise plan with video trainer Shaun T, and the final stage was focused on developing a healthy lifestyle with nutritious meals and an exercise plan…
by Dedrick L. Johnson The 1980’s are extremely tough times for Thelma Davis and her son, Raleek. But living in Harlem has never been exactly easy for anyone. Raleek can’t stay out of trouble. His friend Eddie has him fighting every other kid in the neighborhood. And while Raleek is going at it in the streets, his mother Thelma, must fight to keep the bills paid, food on the table and her child on the right path. Given the hand she’s been dealt, it seems she can’t do much else but call on the Lord for help. Thelma attends…
By Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden Homelessness is a growing problem in virtually every state. Nowhere is it more pressing than in California, which in the past three years spent more than $13 billion, roughly $30,000 annually for each homeless person, to address it. Tragically, its “housing first” approach is a colossal failure. Overall, says the state auditor’s office, California’s homelessness programs are disjointed and poorly managed. Despite little progress, policymakers keep throwing more money at the problem. Rather than adopting California’s current government-centric approach, other states should learn from its mistakes by embracing reforms that directly tackle the core…
By Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. Were Bill Cosby and Dr. Cliff Huxtable one in the same person? No, yet many thought so. Dr. Huxtable of course was a character played by Bill Cosby. The Huxtable character was kind, considerate and thoughtful. He was a family man who gave words of wisdom to those around him. Bill Cosby, the person, too had a gregarious and giving side. He opined about Black youth and how they should have goals and dreams. He gave parents both solicited and unsolicited advice about raising children and the importance of education. Bill Cosby was called…
This article was first published in the Mississippi Free Press (TN TRIBUNE) For 126 years, a banner based upon the Confederacy’s first national flag and the Confederate battle flag waved atop poles and government buildings, reminding residents of the Blackest state in the nation that white supremacy still ruled in Mississippi. That changed one year ago today when years of work paid off for the Black Mississippians who led the effort to retire the 1894 Mississippi State Flag. Mississippi Sen. Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson “I feel good,” Sen. Hillman Frazier, a Black lawmaker from Jackson who worked on the flag issue…
Memphis, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host a “floss-cutting” opening event July 13, at 10 a.m., at its newest dental clinic on the Memphis campus. The Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Clinic on the 3rd floor of the Dunn Dental Building at 875 Union Avenue, Suite C302, will be staffed by dental residents, degreed and licensed dentists, who have chosen to receive advanced clinical training in a one-year residency program. The dental residents, with support and supervision from faculty of the Department of General Dentistry, will offer…
NASHVILLE, Tenn – Storyville Gardens, an interactive theme park with attractions inspired by books and stories from the four corners of the world, will locate in the Middle Tennessee area with construction slated to begin in mid-2022. Storyville Gardens will be a story-driven theme park using a mixture of modern technology and traditional show-based entertainment to bring stories to life in a highly immersive “edu-taining” experience. The goal of the park is to ignite and foster the desire to read beyond what is necessary in the classroom. Storyville Gardens is the creation of Elde and DeLisa Guerrier, who also…
Nashville, Tennessee (TN Tribune) – A powerful new mural featuring two young superheroes that urges young people to “Be The Friend” who helps end dating violence was unveiled this morning on Charlotte Avenue in Nashville’s Richland Park neighborhood. The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (Coalition) partnered with the Global Education Center, to place the mural at the corner of Charlotte and 49th street in Richland Park to support the Coalition’s ongoing Be The Friend Campaign to end dating violence in Tennessee. Click her for images from today unveiling celebration: Images – June 30 Be-The-Friend-Mural Unveiling The Be…
(UPPER MARLBORO, MD) – Douglas Kyle (22) and Paris Smith (24) are freshly retired from their 9-5 corporate careers in Information Technology to help the surrounding D.C, Maryland and Virginia areas on how to set their selves up for success in securing their financial futures. Douglas and Paris met at a job development program where they learned skills to perform duties in Information technology. Upon their graduation they were full of ambition to tackle corporate America and begin the path of “9-5ers.” Paris found her passion in financial literacy in 2015 after strong encouragement from her mother to study stocks in…