Minority Caucus holds press conference to address MNPS Board action NASHVILLE, TN — On Tuesday, March 26, at 12 noon, the Metro Minority Caucus will conduct a press conference to address the actions of the MNPS Board and Director of Schools at the Metro Courthouse Building, 1 Public Square, Nashville, TN 37201 – 2nd Floor. “This recent activity regarding the School Director’s contract is a stain on our city. Nashville is uniquely positioned to move forward and across racial lines, but this kind of racially motivated dysfunctional behavior takes us back,” says Councilmember at-large Sharon Hurt. “It doesn’t just hurt…
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MEMPHIS, TN — The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis will host a special event featuring first-hand stories of courage and survival from the women of the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike. The evening will feature select excerpts from the national video web series 1300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68, produced by Striking Voices for TheRoot.com, as well as a panel of wives of 1968 strikers, moderated by journalist and Striking Voices founding producer, Emily Yellin. The event took place Thursday, March 21, in the University Center River Room (300) on campus with a reception at…
NASHVILLE, TN — Meeting for the first time since being recreated by the state legislature a year ago, the Tennessee State Fair Commission voted Friday that it’s time for the State Fair to search for and “identify” a new site that can accommodate the future growth and goals of the Fair. Since 1906, the Fair has been staged at the Nashville Fairgrounds on acreage that the city is developing now for a new major league soccer stadium and mixed use retail and residential area. While Metro Nashville contends that the area and facilities reserved for the State Fair in the…
MURFREESBORO, TN — MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, in a note to university community Friday, underscored MTSU’s standing as a destination of choice for first-generation students and its long success in helping low-income students who meet admission standards overcome obstacles often posed by tuition and fees. McPhee’s message follows an announcement by the University of Tennessee System that students eligible for Pell Grant aid (family income of $50,000 or less), and who qualify for the HOPE Lottery Scholarship, can attend one of their institutions without paying tuition or mandatory fees. “I’m proud to say that MTSU students in this category have attended…
NASHVILLE, TN — Turner Construction Company’s Nashville office announced the topping out of 1200 Broadway, the luxury mixed-use high-rise in downtown Nashville. The 26-floor complex began construction in Sept. 2017 and is set for completion in December. The 860,000-square-foot complex is owned and being developed by Endeavor Real Estate Group of Austin, Texas. It occupies a prominent location across the street from the former Tennessean building, on the block bordered by Broadway on the south, 12th Avenue North on the east and George L. Davis Boulevard on the west. The site for many years was occupied by an automotive dealership…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – Xinova is new kind of venture capital company that finds private financing for inventors and innovators who have good ideas but don’t have connections on Wall St. or Silicon Valley. The company has a far-flung network of inventors and a staff of experts to help bring new products to market with capital from people who don’t normally invest in start-ups. Venture capital (VC) firms usually look for the next “unicorn”. Investors are interested in owning a piece of the next big idea, wait for the initial public offering to make a killing, and then…
NASHVILLE, TN — Fisk University, one of the nation’s historically black colleges and the oldest institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP recently announced the launch of the Cravath Scholars program. The program, which will support high-achieving Fisk students studying across a range of disciplines, strengthens Cravath’s historical ties to the University as the Firm celebrates its bicentennial. Scholars will be supported with tuition assistance and a summer internship in Cravath’s New York office, including training and mentorship opportunities. Kevin Rome, Sr., Ph.D., President of Fisk University, said, “It is with the support of…
NASHVILLE, TN — The William Edmondson Cultural Arts Center and Museum is the centerpiece of our Higher Vision Master Plan for the William Edmondson Homesite Park. It will honor the legacy of its namesake by housing a variety of arts resources and programs. In addition, the building will house a new, expanded Edgehill Branch Library. The main entrance will face North into the park, directly overlooking the actual historical site of William Edmondson’s home and outdoor workshop, where he sculpted his inspired masterpieces that made him famous. Inside the center, visitors will enter a spacious grand lobby featuring historical displays…
By Clay Risen LYNCHBURG, TN — Fawn Weaver was on vacation in Singapore last summer when she first read about Nearest Green, the Tennessee slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey. Green’s existence had long been an open secret, but in 2016 Brown-Forman, the company that owns the Jack Daniel Distillery here, made international headlines with its decision to finally embrace Green’s legacy and significantly change its tours to emphasize his role. “It was jarring that arguably one of the most well-known brands in the world was created, in part, by a slave,” said Ms. Weaver, 40, an…
NASHVILLE, TN — The annual series Jazz on the Triangle returns to the Church of the Holy Trinity for the twenty-fourth season this year. Concerts will be the April 28, May 19, and June 16, featuring some of Nashville’s finest and most respected talent. April 28 – Sonja Porter Hopkins The season opens on April 28 with Sonja Porter Hopkins. Nashville-based songwriter and jazz vocalist Hopkins has a vocal texture that encompasses high spirited tones of nostalgic jazz. She has been singing since childhood growing up in Mobile, Alabama. She began her journey, as have many accomplished artists, in a…