By Ashley Moss Texas Metro News A confederate flag was left hanging from a tree on the property of a Nashville company that publishes Sunday School materials for the nation’s Black churches, including many congregations in Dallas/Fort Worth and across the South. Neighbors discovered the homemade flag – made from a square cardboard box and colored on all sides with red, white and blue paper-mâché to look like a Confederate flag with brown rope tied around it and hanging from a tree at R.H. Boyd Publishing Company in Nashville late Wednesday. R.H. Boyd, since 1896, has published Sunday School books,…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State University has demonstrated to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) that the institution is in compliance with the Principles of Accreditation. The accreditation agency announced Thursday that the sanction has been removed based on the successful report that TSU submitted which addressed one part of the eighty-five standards. In June of 2019, the university was put on probation for not fully addressing the one concern. TSU remained fully accredited during the sanction period and at no point were students, faculty, research, and any other campus activities impacted. TSU President Glenda Glover, confirmed in a letter to the campus family that the one-year probation invoked by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges was lifted and that…
Nashville, Tenn.—Owners of a historic black-owned Christian Publishing Company found a box painted with the Confederate flag hanging from a tree on property owned by the business. LaDonna Boyd, CEO of the R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, discovered the box on Wednesday at her business located on Jefferson Street, a historically black area of North Nashville. Boyd said the act was an intentional act of intimidation and she would like it pursued as a hate crime. “We’re not afraid, we’re not intimidated, we’re not going to stand for this and tolerate this, and they should be warned that we are certainly…
Submitted Article Rock the vote wrapped up its #DemocracySummer2020 campaign this week announcing that initiatives resulted in 300,000 new voters. Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people. It offers volunteer opportunities and resources such as election reminders and ways to get involved such as getting three friends to vote. Celebrities such as Katy Perry and Black Eyed Peas performed during livestream events targeting young voters. “Young people are going to make their voices heard in this election,” Olivia Guerrieri, Rock the Vote’s Civic Technology and Policy Associate said in an email…
Allworld Project Management (AWPM), a professional and technical engineering, geospatial, and consulting solution provider, was selected to lead the Stormwater Program for the City of Memphis. AWPM is a Memphis based engineering firm founded in 2010 with 42 full-time associates. After performing water resource services for eight years in Memphis, TN, Jackson, TN, Vicksburg, MS, Meridian, MS, and Birmingham, AL, AWPM is uniquely positioned to manage this program. “Allworld Project Management was competitively selected and has assembled an experienced and capable team to lead this program,” said Robert Knecht, Director of Public Works, City of Memphis. “We look forward to…
Nashville, Tennessee–Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded $34 million to Meharry Medical College to help increase the number of Black doctors in the U.S. by significantly reducing their debt burden. Over the next four years, the historic gift will provide scholarships for medical students with financial need, many of whom have faced increased financial pressures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Meharry Medical College community learned of the gift this morning during a virtual announcement hosted by college President and CEO Dr. James E.K. Hildreth that included a video presentation by Mayor…
By Marty Johnson The Hill Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) recently lashed out at President Donald Trump for his support of federal officers deployed to Portland in recent weeks, saying that the president’s “game plan” is to stoke racial tensions among the country. “Trump wants to instigate a race war,” Rush, who has served in Congress since 1993, told radio show host Joe Madison. “He wants to have Black folks fighting white folks so he can rise up and say, ‘I’m the real Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and I’m the president. Reelect me.’ That’s what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to play to…
By Leo Shane, III Military Times WASHINGTON, DC — The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members’ views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming November election among troops surveyed. The results, collected before the political conventions earlier this month, appear to undercut claims from the president that his support among military members is strong thanks to big defense budget increases in recent years and promised moves to draw down troops from overseas conflict zones. But the Military Times Polls, surveying active-duty troops in partnership with the Institute…
MEMPHIS, TN — The “Tiger King” zoo has just closed permanently, but a lot needs to be done to fix America’s massive captive tiger problem brought into the spotlight by Netflix’s hit docuseries. In Defense of Animals, supporters have written over 9,000 emails urging the University of Memphis to stop exploiting a tiger as a live mascot over ethical, conservation, and safety concerns. For over 40 years, the University of Memphis has trucked a live tiger to every football game to function as a team mascot. Over the years, the university has used three tigers, who have all been named…
By Frank Harris, III, Hartford Courant I shook my head when I heard that a Black man had described President Donald Trump as America’s “first Black president.” The words, apparently intended as praise, came from Fordham University professor Jack Brewer during a Black History Month roundtable discussion between Trump and more than a dozen other Black leaders. Brewer, himself, is Black. So is CNN political commentator Angela Rye, whose words come to mind with regard to her sentiment about Blacks working to support Trump’s reelection as he courts Black voters: “Shame on you.” I won’t say “shame on you” to…