NASHVILLE, TN — Fresh from celebrating his 60th birthday at the Grand Ole Opry with friends, family and a sold out crowd, Randy Travis is releasing his long-awaited memoir, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life. With the help of New York Times Best-Selling Author, Ken Abraham, and Travis’ wife Mary, this memoir recounts the singer’s journey of perseverance and redemption from his early childhood memories up until the book was penned, recovering from a life-changing stroke and painful divorce, enjoying the life he was given and learning to “sing a new…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Eakin Elementary School joined with Mayor David Briley, Councilmember Burkley Allen, students, parents and other officials to commemorate a historical marker honoring Elizabeth Atchison Eakin (1858-1936), the first woman to serve as a member of the Nashville City School Board. The dedication was held May 8 at Eakin, located at 2500 Fairfax Avenue. After Mrs. Eakin’s death in 1936, the school was built using Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds opening as an elementary school serving first through sixth grades. “Eakin is each and every one of us,” said Eric Hartfelder, principal of Eakin Elementary School. “Mrs. Eakin…
NASHVILLE, TN – The 2ndAnnual People’s State of Metro did not begin with a color guard and a choir performance. Angelique Johnson, an organizer with Music City Riders United (MCRU), got right to the point:” What do we want?” “No cuts!” “When do we want it?” “Now,” chanted the crowd. WeGo, aka MTA, has plans to cut Metro’s bus routes and MCRU wants them expanded. If Mayor David Briley is the city’s biggest booster, the people of PATHE, the People’s Alliance for Transit, Housing, and Employment, are probably its biggest knockers. “I have a spoiler alert for you. Nashville will…
NASHVILLE, TN – Speaker of the House Glen Casada started out denying how racist and sexist texts ended up on his cell phone and doubted his Chief of Staff had anything to do with them. It is apparent that Cade Cothren wrote them. Casada exchanged explicitly racist and sexist texts with Cothren, then excused them as just locker room talk. With criticism mounting, Casada abruptly fired Cothren last week but insisted he was not resigning. Instead he announced an action plan he was working on with the Tennessee Black Caucus. Caucus Chairman G.A. Hardaway told reporters Friday that the caucus…
MEMPHIS, TN — Dreamland Productions presents the “Ladies of Distinction Awards” celebrating and promoting women in business. This award celebration was held on Saturday April 20, 2019 at The Marriott East Hotel in Memphis. This Red-Carpet Star-Studded Production included VIP Atlanta, GA Hottest Media Host AFox, Radio/TV Personality and Talk Show Host starting the evening with a Mix and Mingle Media Reception for all honorees, family, friends, sponsors, partners and supporters. The Red-carpet Media Reception was televised; all honorees were serenaded by Crystal Jazz Sax Lady Brown and fun shopping with women-owned vendors. The Ladies of Distinction Award presentation ceremony…
Nashville, TN – Metro Nashville Public Schools’ (MNPS) teachers across Nashville have organized a “Day of Action” that includes rallies and a march on Thursday, May 16th. Led by a coalition of Sick MNPS Teachers and Nashville Red4Ed, the action will coincide with the first presentation of the MNPS budget to Metro Council. The current Board of Education budget requests the funding both groups believe is necessary to provide Nashville’s students the education they deserve. This includes 10% raises for all employees, in addition to cost of living adjustments, increased paid days for paraprofessionals, raises for bus drivers, and increased funding…
Please join us to learn more about Feed the Children, our impact in Rutherford County and the Nashville community as well as the difference the La Vergne Distribution Center is making not only in Tennessee, but across the U.S. We will discuss the Feed the Children Teacher Store which provides supplies to Title 1 schools throughout five counties as well as our Summer Food and Education Program which provides meals to thousands during the summer months. When: Wednesday, May 15 from 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, May 16 from 1-2:30 p.m. Where: Feed the Children Distribution Center and Teacher Store 310…
By Stanley Augustin NASHVILLE, TN — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, pro bono firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, Memphis-based firm Burch, Porter, & Johnson PLLC, Bromberg Law LLC, and community practitioner Daniel Ayoade Yoon filed suit today challenging Tennessee’s new third-party registration law. The complaint alleges that the law, which imposes burdensome requirements on persons and organizations who seek to help people register to vote, violates fundamental rights of free speech, free association, the right to vote, and due process. The suit was filed on behalf of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, Democracy…
NASHVILLE, TN — Last week, state Representative John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville), candidate for mayor of Nashville, issued the following statement regarding the widespread protests by MNPS employees over the current administration’s proposed budget: “Investing in our schools and paying educators is more than just a budgetary line item — it’s a direct investment in the future of our city. As a proud MNPS parent, I am firmly committed to making public education funding a priority so that every child across our city has an opportunity to succeed. “MNPS teachers, administrators and para-professionals deserve our full support because of their…
To State Leaders and Whom It May Concern: As a citizen, taxpayer, and professional historian I am deeply concerned by the return and the rise of neo-Confederacy in the Tennessee state government (i.e., Executive and Legislative branches). The Rebel-like-bearded chief staff member for the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives appears to be charged and documented by news media with conspiracy to electronically falsify documents with the intent to falsely arrest and imprison a young civil rights worker (in 21st century USA!). The young man and his colleagues were exercising their rights under the US and Tennessee constitutions. Yet,…