NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Tennessee State University and a new global campus based in Atlanta will work together with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities community to offer leadership and career development programming, the school said. Tennessee State will focus on faculty at HBCUs and their communities while the Propel Center will mostly help students, the university said of the new partnership. Tennessee State has been working with Apple for the last two years to launch and expand its initiative to bring coding and creativity experiences to all 100-plus HBCUs and their communities, the university said. “This new partnership will…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) – The Tennessee Democratic Party’s Executive Committee has elected Hendrell Remus to serve as Party Chair. Having previously served as a State Executive Committeeman, Chairman Remus is the first Black person and first Millennial elect to serve as Chair. “I am humbled and elated at the opportunity to serve as the Tennessee Democratic Party Chair. This is not just a moment of accomplishment for my family and I but a historic moment for our party and indeed for our state,” Remus said. Tennessee Democratic Party executive committee members also elected the following slate of officers: Vice…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Miriam DeCosta-Willis, the University of Memphis’ first Black professor and a participant in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, has died, the school said. She was 86. DeCosta-Willis died Thursday at home, surrounded by family, the university said in a statement. A cause of death wasn’t released. DeCosta-Willis was denied entrance to what was then Memphis State University in 1957, but she went on to graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a master’s degree and a doctorate. She later became the first Black professor at Memphis State University in 1966 as a Spanish…
By Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Last Friday afternoon’s email had good news: The state of Tennessee confirmed it would send the Shelby County Health Department an allotment of the vaccine each week in January. Eligible residents, including a range of health care workers and people 75 and older, could schedule an appointment online starting immediately, the SCHD said. But those who needed to register by phone would have to wait two and a half days, until Monday morning, to call a designated number. Three hours after the SCHD’s email was sent to media and community…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) –The Tennessee NAACP issued the following statement: The Tennessee NAACP calls for disciplinary action of Tennessee officials for their support of President Donald Trump’s attempted coup last week—the most violent attack on the nation’s capitol since the War of 1812. State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver (R-District 40) must be censured by the Tennessee General Assembly for her attendance at last week’s insurrection. She called the sedition rally an “epic and historic day gathering with fellow Patriots from all over the nation.” Now, because of the violence, she has tried to distance herself from the event. Representative…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Meharry Medical Group will offer the COVID-19 vaccine to Nashville residents age 75 and older each Saturday beginning January 16th. Community members interested in receiving the vaccine must register in advance by calling 615-327-6348 (MD4U). Vaccines will be administered by Meharry Medical Group each Saturday on the Meharry campus at the Moses Alumni Hall Building (view map here). Participants must be 75 or older to participate in this round of inoculations. Meharry is on the front lines in fight against COVID-19. Since March, Meharry has tested more than 300,000 people at Nashville testing sites. Meharry will play…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–The new National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is ready to open its doors to music lovers of all ages. The 56,000-square-foot facility located in the heart of downtown Nashville will kick off its opening schedule with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18. Can’t wait to go? The ribbon cutting will take place on Jan. 18, the day of Martin Luther King’s birthday. The museum will open to the public on Jan. 30. View the virtual tour below
NASHVILLE, TN – President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” from his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on January 14. The third stimulus package includes $1400 stimulus payments to individuals and $20 billion for more COVID-19 vaccines on top of the $8 billion Congress has already approved. It calls for mass vaccination centers and sending mobile inoculation teams into remote areas. Trump administration officials suggested last week there was a stockpile of vaccine waiting to be shipped that had been held in reserve for second doses. HHS Secretary Alex Azar told state officials last Tuesday to broaden inoculation eligibility…
Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) said that joining with nine House Republicans in voting to impeach President Donald Trump may have ended his political future. In an interview on ABC News’ Meijer, a first-term Republican told host George Stephanopoulos said he doesn’t regret it. “I may very well have ended my career, but I think it’s also important that we have elected leaders who are not thinking solely about what’s in their individual self-interest, not what is going to be politically expedient, but what we actually need for our country,” Meijer said. “The president brought some necessary energy. He brought some…