NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover Monday welcomed new Nashville Mayor David Briley to the TSU campus. The mayor stopped on campus to meet with “the TSU family” and to promote the city’s new transit initiative, a $5.4 billion proposal to build a light rail system and rapid bus transit for Nashville over the next 15 years. Symbolically, the mayor arrived aboard a Music City Circuit bus that serves key destinations in Nashville between the Riverfront Station and the TSU campus free of charge. Briley took pictures and had lunch with TSU administrators, faculty, student leaders and…
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In the confusing swirl of mis-information going forth from dozens of talking heads around the forthcoming transit tax referendum, it can be a challenge to find solid ground. Since I am one of the heads you see on the news, in the papers, and in person, I feel it important to take a moment out from the dizzying dance of debate to give you some background on my community experience, for, as most of us learned in high school English, when any facts are being referenced, one must always consider the source of the information. Here are some thing for…
MURFREESBORO, TN — Although MTSU senior Katherine Witcher hasn’t experienced sexual assault, the issue has hit close to home a few times. “People who are really close to me have gone through sexual assault, so seeing the displays out there is really reassuring that the university cares,” Witcher said. Witcher was referring to MTSU’s campus exhibit dubbed “What Were You Wearing?”, which recreated outfits from the stories of sexual assault survivors during the time of their assault. Funded by the MTSU Student Government Association and the Campus Nonviolence Committee, the inaugural museum-styled exhibit sought to stop victim blaming based on what…
NASHVILLE, TN — After more than two hours of presentations by both proponents and opponents at a Neighborhoods’ Transit Forum, members of the Coalition FOR Nashville Neighborhoods voted not to support the transit plan as currently proposed. “Like many organizations, we are divided on this issue,” said Coalition Chair John Summers of Sylvan Park. “While our members recognize more needs to be done to address our transit issues,” added Summers, “the majority believes this current plan is not the best answer.” Charlotte Cooper of Green Hills, who facilitated the question and answer session following the pro and con presentations, listed…
NASHVILLE, TN — The members of Pleasant Green Baptist Church celebrated the fifth anniversary of their pastor, Reverend Dr. E. Christopher Jackson on March 11, 2018. The theme for the occasion was “Flowing in God’s Faithfulness.” The guest speaker for the morning service was Bishop Horace Hockett, Founder and Senior Pastor of the Born Again Church. An anniversary celebration dinner was held at Connor’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant in Cool Springs, TN immediately after the morning worship service.
By Derrick Johnson (President and CEO, National NAACP) “Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans. What white Americans have never fully understood but what the Negro can never forget—is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” – Report by the Kerner Commission, 1968 Fifty years ago, the nation was rocked by the brutal and public assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Eerily echoing the title of King’s final book “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”,…
The audience at the Council of Urban Boards of Education luncheon Saturday at NSBA’s annual conference in San Antonio gave a standing ovation to speaker Christopher Emdin after he said black school board members and superintendents have earned privileges by conforming to the dominant culture, and now they have a duty to “reframe this whole ballgame” so that black students do not have to do the same. School is too much about conformity, and that can be toxic to black youth who get the message that they must abandon behaviors and ways of expressing themselves to make themselves acceptable in…
NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Tennessee State University recently unveiled a historical marker honoring alumnus and Medal of Honor recipient, Lt. William McBryar. A number of lawmakers, military officials, and TSU officials attended a ceremony for the unveiling of the marker, which is located outside Kean Hall on the university’s main campus. Among those attending the event were state Sen. Thelma Harper; state Rep. Dr. Rev.Harold Love, Jr.; former TSU President Dr. Melvin Johnson; former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean; and Mr. Phil Ponder, a representative from the Office of U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper. In her welcome, TSU President Glenda…
NASHVILLE, TN — In keeping with a 24-year annual tradition, Chief Steve Anderson is assisting Rabbi Joshua Kullock and the congregation of West End Synagogue in their celebration of the Passover holiday. Chief Anderson this morning formally purchased leavened products, known as “chametz,” from the West End Synagogue congregation. Jews are prohibited from owning items such as bread, cereals, and even beer, during the holiday. In many instances, Jewish families place canned or packaged leavened foods in a closet or cupboard that will stay closed for the duration of Passover’s eight days. A rabbi is given power of attorney to…
NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Beverly Smith, national president and chief executive officer of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, will serve as the keynote speaker for this year’s Women of Legend and Merit Award Dinner at Tennessee State University on April 10 in Kean Hall. Smith, who also serves as the assistant commissioner and Georgia State director for Adult Education and GED Testing through the Technical College System of Georgia, said she is excited about addressing the young ladies at TSU because of the many issues facing women today. “We are at a time today when the power of…