By Clint Confehr FRANKLIN, TN — Born in this city known for its Civil War history, Georgia Harris, a family history consultant, found her antebellum ancestors and subsequent cousins. “His people owned my people,” Harris, […]
By Clint Confehr A U.S. Senate panel has started its postmortem on the pro-Trump insurrection Jan. 6. However, on Jan. 18, NAACP Branch leaders in Pulaski and Gallatin cited cause and cure for the insurgents’ […]
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Dentists ought to be inoculating people against COVID-19, according to doctors speaking on-line for a program hosted by Meharry Medical College. Meharry President & CEO Dr. James Hildreth raised […]
From staff reports FRANKLIN, TN — The 20th Annual Black-Tie Event starting Williamson County’s celebration of Black History Month is Saturday with a performance by a renowned singer-song writer of Christian and gospel music. Jon […]
The Rev. James Lawson speaks to Dream Summer students. UCLA photo By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Follow Black Lives Matter to promote civil rights, a 92-year-old Methodist pastor said during a recently-streamed program by the […]
NASHVILLE, TN — The newly-elected NAACP branch president here accepts and extends President-elect Joe Biden’s point about last week’s insurrection; It makes unification easier. The branch president says more Americans recognize complaints about racism are […]
By Clint Confehr COLUMBIA, TN — A community servant, telecommuter and work-at-home mother is one of three newly-elected leaders of the NAACP Branch in Maury County. Jamila Bumpas Brown, a life long resident of Columbia, […]
By Clint Confehr COLUMBIA, TN — “Cast down, but not destroyed,” 2nd Corinthians, comforted the Rev. T.D. “Donte” Byrdsong a few hours after his faith was tested in Maury County. Byrdsong is an executive pastor […]
By Clint Confehr COLUMBIA, TN — The Rev. T.D. “Donte” Byrdsong, a pastor at Grace United Baptist Church here and in Nashville, stepped up and quoted the Bible after his court hearing Wednesday. “‘We are […]
By Carla Hendricks FRANKLIN, TN — This Thanksgiving weekend the Franklin community is mourning the loss of Alderman Pearl Bransford, the sole African American on the city board. She was re-elected for a fourth term […]
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