NASHVILLE – Southwest Airlines will begin nonstop service from Nashville International Airport® to Miami International Airport in March and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport in April 2021. Nashville is now part of five new routes for Southwest beginning in 2021: Miami, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; Sarasota, Florida; Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (in addition to its current route to Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport) and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (in addition to its current route to Chicago’s Midway International Airport). The new service to Miami will run twice daily, and the new service to Houston will run three times daily. “We…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The Equity Alliance, a statewide non-profit focused on the civic and economic empowerment of the Black community, announced today it has received $350,000 over the next three years to create a new civic leadership training program for Black Tennesseans. The Equity Alliance was one of 20 organizations chosen nationally to receive a grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s Racial Equity Community Impact Fund. The fund supports high-impact organizations working to tackle racial inequities affecting Black communities across the United States. The grant recipients include other advocacy groups from across the U.S. as well as leading historically…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Tennessee’s House Democratic members on Monday unanimously voted to reelect Rep. Karen Camper as minority leader. Camper, who is from Memphis, has overseen the House Democratic caucus since 2018. Camper said in a statement that she’s “excited about the mix of veteran knowledge and new ideas in the Democratic leadership team.” Meanwhile, the 26-member Democratic caucus also elected Nashville Rep. Vincent Dixie as caucus chairman. Dixie replaces Nashville Rep. Mike Stewart, who announced earlier this year that he would not seek reelection for the legislative leadership position. “I am honored by the trust shown in me…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A Tennessee lawmaker has been hospitalized with COVID-19 after attending a House Republican caucus meeting nearly two weeks ago. “Please pray for God’s healing for my lungs, and that he will give me strength and endurance as I battle this virus,” Rep. David Byrd of Waynesboro said in a Facebook post on Monday. Byrd, 63, was flown by helicopter over the weekend from Wayne County Hospital to Saint Thomas in Nashville, local media reported. Byrd attended the House GOP caucus meeting on Nov. 24 where the nearly 70-member group reelected legislative leaders. He also participated in…
Franklin, TN (TN Tribune)–Franklin Mayor Dr. Ken Moore announced this week the creation of a scholarship fund in honor of the late City of Franklin Alderman Pearl Bransford, for an individual or individuals pursuing the study of health sciences through Columbia State Community College. The Pearl Bransford Memorial Scholarship is being created in conjunction with Franklin Tomorrow and the family of the late Alderman Pearl Bransford, but is open for contributions from the public. Franklin Tomorrow will collect initial donations and it is the intent of organizers to endow the scholarship through Columbia State Community College in the first quarter…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, giving her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevating the prominence of the position in the West Wing. The move marks a surprising shift for Rice, a longtime Democratic foreign policy expert who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser and U.N. ambassador. She worked closely with then-Vice President Biden in those roles and was on his short list to become his running mate during the 2020 campaign. Biden is also nominating…
NASHVILLE, TN — Chief John Drake recently announced the appointment of Captain Chris Taylor to the rank of Deputy Chief who will serve in a newly created Chief of Staff assignment to help coordinate evolving investigative and community engagement strategies across five of the Metro Nashville Police Department’s bureaus and eight precincts. “Deputy Chief Taylor will serve as my representative and day-to-day liaison among police department components to ensure consistency of our community-based priorities to enhance Nashville’s safety,” Drake said. “I want Deputy Chief Taylor to help maintain a focus on officers engaging residents to help improve neighborhood quality of life,…
Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of our beloved National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), was born on July 10, 1875, in a small log cabin on a rice and cotton farm near Mayesville, South Carolina. The 15th of 17 children born to Patsy McIntosh McLeod and Sam McLeod, both of whom had been enslaved, she overcame enormous obstacles and went on to become one of our nation’s most accomplished and celebrated Black women. During her distinguished life of service, Dr. Bethune founded Bethune Cookman College (now Bethune Cookman University); she was a co-founder of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF);…
NASHVILLE, TN — H0PE-20, a Nashville based non-profit organization, has received a $1.5 million grant through the Tennessee Community CARES Program, one of the largest grants awarded in the State. Its mission is to help musicians and other entertainment professionals affected by COVID-19 in Nashville and the surrounding areas. “A majority of those in the live entertainment sector of the music industry have been out of work since March of this year, when COVID-19 shut down music venues and postponed tours,” shares HOPE-20 founder, Chad Petterson. “Musicians, in particular, are usually considered self-employed and are in a very difficult financial…
CHICAGO, IL — 2020 has provided us with many lessons including how public knowledge of the Black experience and the contributions of African Americans is extremely limited and harmful to American society as a whole. America sits at a critically important crossroads where racist ideology is on the rise and documentation and preservation of 20th African American life, history and culture is at risk of being lost forever if action is not taken now. Many key public figures are passing away without having their stories documented and preserved for the benefit of succeeding generations. The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African…