According to officials from the NAACP, Facebook continues to ignore the safety of the Black community on its platforms, and this negligence has led to the loss of innocent lives offline. This week, the NAACP is fighting back. The NAACP and its partner organizations in the Stop Hate for Profit coalition will be joining in a coordinated week of action on Instagram, demanding that its parent company, Facebook, take action to address racism, hate, and disinformation on its platforms. NAACP will withhold from posting anything on its Instagram page for 24 hours starting today (Wednesday, September 16, 2020) and they…
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WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Sept. 15 the House passed an amendment introduced by Rep. Jim Cooper to the Strength in Diversity Act, which reinstates an Obama-era grant program that was cut by the Trump administration, to reduce racial and socioeconomic isolation in public schools. The amendment would give the nearly 30 school districts, including Metro Nashville Public Schools, that previously applied priority consideration under the newly created program. “Without this critical program, efforts to reduce racial and socioeconomic isolation in public schools have stalled in cities like Nashville, Austin, Minneapolis, and many others,” Rep. Jim Cooper said. “My amendment simply…
Reverend Dr. A. Charles Bowie, pastor emeritus of East Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, transitioned from this life on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Dr. Bowie served as pastor of East Mt. Zion for four decades and was a member of R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation’s board of directors. Dr. Bowie was a beloved instructor at the annual National Baptist Congress and an avid proponent of Sunday school and Christian education. In the words of Boyd Publishing CEO, LaDonna Boyd, “Dr. Bowie has been a longstanding supporter of our organization, and his voice, wisdom, and kind demeanor will be greatly…
NASHVILLE, TN — Barry Scott was Nashville’s finest actor and clearly Music City’s highest-profiled theatrical performer nationally and recognized as one of the most versatile practitioners of his art. He was widely known for his successes as an actor, producer, director, motivational speaker and voiceover artist. Scott was also a writer with more than a half dozen produced scripts to his credit, often celebrating black pride, including “Harlem Voices” and “A Joyful Noise.” As a director it extended his logical extension of his energy, his involvement, his experience and his always-developing talent. He was the founder and producing artistic director…
TPAC patrons can now unlock access to John Lewis: Good Trouble directly from Magnolia Pictures and then take part in a live virtual conversation about Rep. Lewis’ remarkable legacy on September 21 at 6:00 p.m. CT. This special rental includes access to Rep. Lewis’ interview with Oprah Winfrey shortly before his death and a one-hour panel discussion, recorded in July, between the documentary’s director, Dawn Porter, and two of Rep. Lewis’ fellow original Freedom Riders, Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Dr. Rip Patton. The $12 rental fee includes a $5 donation to Tennessee Performing Arts Center. In addition to watching the…
The first Black and Indian American woman to represent California in the United States Senate, Kamala Harris grew up believing in the promise of America and fighting to make sure that promise is fulfilled for all Americans. Harris’s father immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica to study economics and her mother immigrated from India. Her mother told her growing up “Don’t sit around and complain about things, do something,” which is what drives Harris every single day. Harris started fighting for working families in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, where she focused on prosecuting child sexual assault cases. From…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Peyton Manning’s charity foundation endowed scholarships at six historically Black colleges and universities, including two in Tennessee, ESPN reports. Through his Peyback Foundation, the VFL reportedly endowed the six scholarships at two HBCUs in Tennessee and four HBCUs in his home state of Louisiana. According to NFL reporter Chris Mortensen, the foundation endowed a scholarship in the name of Dr. Reavis L. Mitchell at Fisk University, a scholarship in the name of Wilma Rudolph at Tennessee State, a scholarship in the name of Doug Williams at Grambling State University, a scholarship in the name of Dr. Norman…
Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, associate professor of Radiation Oncology at Wake Forest University, associate director for Community Outreach and Engagement, and director of the Office of Cancer Health Equity at Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named the new executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance. She will begin Nov. 1. Winkfield succeeds Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, who has served as the Alliance’s director since 2012. Wilkins is currently the co-principal investigator (co-PI) of Vanderbilt’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Vice President for Health…
(CNN) President Donald Trump offered a glaring new example of his refusal to put medical science before politics with a large indoor rally Sunday night that made a mockery of social distancing, while the pandemic he mismanaged has now claimed more than 194,000 American lives. The event in Nevada — his second rally in the state in as many days — did not only risk the health of those present, thousands of whom were packed together inside a manufacturing facility in defiance of the state’s ban on local gatherings of 50 people or more. It also has the potential to…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Legendary recording artists Sam Moore and Mary Wilson, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), together applaud Hawaii’s enactment of the Truth in Music Advertising Act (TIMA) today. The TIMA legislation is designed to help protect the livelihood of legacy musical groups and artists by preventing “imposter” performers from improperly using the legacy act’s name. Governor David Ige signed the bill into law today. It had previously passed the Legislature unanimously. “I am part of a generation of music creators who defined American culture and made our country the music leader it has been for…