Champ Hounihan ’65, left member of the Hall of Fame 1963 – 1964 Basketball Team with Bobby Garmon ’65, former wrestling coach. NASHVILLE, TN — On Thursday, August 29, Father Ryan High School inducted 34 athletes, six coaches, three contributors and seven teams into their Athletics Hall of Fame. These 50 honorees comprised the inaugural class, and there will now be annual inductions moving forward with smaller groups of inductees. The Athletics Hall of Fame was launched to celebrate the school’s vibrant athletic history, which spans back to 1925 when it was known as Nashville Catholic School for Boys. Since…
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Commentary by Dr. James E. K. Hildreth Black America is worried about addictive nicotine products. This is the crucial insight Meharry Medical College has gained since founding the Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health and launching our first research initiative into the health effects of e-cigarettes just a few months ago. With $7.5 million in funding from JUUL Laboratories and a guarantee of complete research autonomy to investigate what we want and publish what we find, we at Meharry have initiated our work by doing what we have done for 140 years as a research institution committed…
Rev. John Faison Senior Pastor, Watson Grove Baptist Church NASHVILLE, TN — It was quite a night as the Nashville Branch NAACP celebrated 100 years on Saturday, August 24th Freedom Fund Banquet. There were many people celebrated on this night. Guest arrived at the Hilton Nashville Downtown and gathered in the lobby for an exclusive reception. At 7:15 pm, the program began with an introduction by Harriet Wallace, reporter and commentator for Fox 17, and the Mistress and Master of Ceremonies, 92Q radio personalities, Ms. Yolonda “Yolo” Beech and Mr. Ernie Allen, followed by a special music video presentation of…
CNN’s Eric Bradner and Eli Watkins contributed to this report. WASHINGTON, DC (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who underwent hip surgery last spring following a fall, plans to resume his decades-long role as a volunteer house builder with Habitat for Humanity this fall, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. The 94-year-old Democrat is set to construct 21 new homes alongside his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, in Nashville, Tennessee, in October. Through the project, the Carters, who have volunteered with the organization for 35 consecutive years, will join future Habitat homeowners and other…
Despite poor outcomes for many African Americans in higher education, including more debt when they graduate, HBCUs like Fisk University turn out well-educated graduates with less debt than other four-year colleges. NASHVILLE, TN – Higher education can be a big challenge to low income students because it’s frightfully expensive to get a college degree even with loans and grants. While the number of African Americans enrolled in college has tripled since 1963, half of African Americans who entered college in 2011 didn’t graduate. A lot of it had to do with money. Federal Pell grants provided financial aid to over…
Tribune Staff Report NASHVILLE, TN — Twenty-two role models across the U.S. and one in Nigeria will be inducted into the 2019 Youth-on-the-Move International Educators’ Hall of Fame in Anaheim, Calif., including three from Memphis. State Rep. Barbara Ward Cooper, representing District 86 in the Tennessee House of Representative, is a retired educator, a community relation’s specialist, and a parent coordinator. Wiley Henry Jr., a noted artist, award-winning journalist and photographer, is a constituent services representative for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District Rep. Steve Cohen. He’s also a freelance writer for The Tennessee Tribune. Hattie B. Tuggle, a retired educator and…
CHATTANOOGA, TN — The city of Chattanooga is one of the first cities in the US to offer giga-bit speed internet connectivity to its local businesses and residents. Always looking for the best tools to harness this power, the city of Chattanooga continues to reach for the best ways to provide outstanding customer service and to equip its municipal workforce with the most effective technology. Sharing in the city’s vision of innovation is Arrow Labs, a Dubai-based tech company that has pioneered the sophisticated workforce management platform, MIMS – specifically designed for the management of field employees. The software due…
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NASHVILLE, TN (August 6, 2019) –On September 27th, Mending Hearts 16th annual breakfast fundraiser will take place at the Hilton Nashville Downtown, 121 Fourth Avenue South from 7:30-9:00 AM. The keynote speaker is Mackenzie Phillips, author and actress best known for her break out roles in American Graffiti, One Day at a Time, and Orange is the New Black. After a decade of her own battles with drug and alcohol abuse, Phillips uses her platform as a public figure to help educate people about addiction and combat its social stigma. In addition to Mackenzie Phillips, the EMCEE for the breakfast…
NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Nashville Community Oversight (MNCO) announced that it is fully staffed and in full operation, ready to start receiving and investigating complaints of misconduct against the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD). MNCO is the support department for the Community Oversight Board (COB) – which was created statutorily thought Amendment 1 on the Nov. 6, 2018, ballot in Davidson County and was approved by voters. MNCO is an independent body that has the power to investigate allegations that MNPD officers have committed misconduct against members of the public. Any resident of Davidson County can file a complaint with…