NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville General Hospital (NGH), a national leading public safety-net hospital, serving Nashville and Davidson County is pleased to announce they have earned a Level III designation in trauma care. This provides the Nashville and Davidson County community another option for high-quality, accessible trauma care. The designation, conferred by the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, was granted for an initial period of three years. A hospital with a Level III Trauma Center provides prompt assessment, management, surgery and stabilization for trauma patients. In addition, the designation requires that a trauma surgeon be on call and on-site within 30 minutes…
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BY MELISSA NOEL · Essence After a brief investigation, police in Columbia, Tennessee, have made two arrests after Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers were recently discovered outside of three Black churches in Columbia, Tennessee, according to WKRN-TV News. 38-year-old Daniel Walls and a 17-year- white male were taken into custody and charged with Civil Rights intimidation, according to The Columbia Police Department. Investigators are now trying to determine if these two people acted alone or if there was additional involvement from others. The recruitment flyers were found outside of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Bethel Chapel AME Church, and Faith United Missionary Baptist Church on July…
[Nassau, Bahamas, July 2023] -Brian Stanfield of the Gamma Phi Chapter, representing the Fifth District (comprising Kentucky and Tennessee), has been named the esteemed recipient of the 2021-2022 International Graduate Omega Man Of The Year award. Brother Stanfield was recognized for his exceptional leadership, outstanding service, and dedication to the principles of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. during the Dr. Moses C. Norman, Sr. Leadership Conference held in Nassau, Bahamas. The International Graduate Omega Man Of The Year award is one of the highestaccolades presented by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., honoring members who havedemonstrated unwavering commitment to the fraternity’s…
NASHVILLE — Candidate for Mayor of Nashville, Sharon Hurt, earns the endorsement of The Collective PAC, the nation’s most prominent political action committee dedicated to increasing Black political representation across all levels of government. “Sharon Hurt has proven her record of putting the people of Nashville first, so we are thrilled to support her candidacy to be the next Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. We look forward to helping ensure she gets elected on August 3rd,” said Tolulope Kevin Olasanoye, the National Political & Organizing Director, The Collective PAC. Founded in August of 2016, The Collective PAC has endorsed and supported hundreds of…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University has been awarded a top ranking for its master’s program in supply chain management by Intelligent.com, a website that recently released its higher education resource guide for such programs for 2023. MTSU’s Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Program through the Jones College of Business and College of Graduate Studies was ranked No. 2 out of the top 27 such programs across the nation and was noted as the program “best for adult learners.” “Since we began offering a graduate program in supply chain management in 2013, our program has always been…
REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, NIPSEY RUSSELL, TONY-BENNETTRE, HARRY-BELAFONTE Tony Bennett, the legendary singer whose smooth vocals and timeless classics captured the hearts of millions, died at 96 in his hometown of New York. Although renowned for his musical achievements, his tireless work in civil rights advocacy has left an indelible mark on history. Bennett’s journey into activism began early in his life. Drafted into the Army as a teen in 1944 during World War II, he served on the front lines in Europe, witnessing the horrors of war and its devastating impact on human lives. “The first time I saw…
Fawn Weaver is the CEO of Uncle Nearest, a premium whiskey brand she launched in 2016 after a chance encounter with a bit of hidden history while traveling abroad, Forbes reports. While traveling in Singapore with her husband, Weaver came across a photo of Jack Daniel with George Green, who Weaver would later find out was the son of a master whiskey distiller named Uncle Nearest. Formerly enslaved, it was Nearest who taught Jack Daniel how to make Tennessee whiskey, the latter going on to become a household name in the liquor industry. It was an aha moment for Weaver, leading the veteran entrepreneur down to Tennessee where…
NASSAU, Bahamas,/PRNewswire/ — With a keen emphasis on collectively addressing suicide prevention and the mental health challenges that are a contributing factor, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) have entered into a two-year partnership. The formal signing and announcement of the partnership took place at the Dr. Moses C. Norman, Sr. Leadership Conference, which convened at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on July 13, 2023, at Noon EST. According to the CDC, the number of suicides in 2021 rose by 4.79% from 45,979 in 2020 to 48,183, making suicide the 11th…
By David J. Byrd One of the most iconic photographs in recent sports history is one of basketball legend Michael Jordan celebrating his fourth NBA championship by holding up three fingers in celebration with a cigar in his mouth. Like millions of other Black Americans, Jordan enjoys the occasional simple pleasure of smoking a celebratory cigar – a pleasure that the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) wants to eliminate in the name of “equity” and protecting the Black community. Along with menthol in cigarettes, the agency plans to “[ban] all flavors in cigars”— a move that it claims “will help…
Franklin, Tenn. (TN Tribune)- Former educator and an influential community leader Mary Elisabeth Mills passed away Friday July 14, 2023 at her home in Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 97. Mary Mills was born on July 4, 1926 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee to the parents of Daisy and George Knowles. Mills was a pioneer in education in Williamson County serving both before and after public school integration. She found her love for teaching at a young age under the mentorship of J.R. Watkins. He gave her an opportunity to substitute teach while she was still a senior in…