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More Black Students Applying to Medical School

February 25, 2021 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on More Black Students Applying to Medical School

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director Meharry Medical College has seen a record number of applications this year as more Black students seek a path to become doctors. James Hildreth, M.D., president of Meharry, […]

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Nashville Family Doctor Takes Prescription for Eliminating Health Disparities to Washington

February 18, 2021 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Nashville Family Doctor Takes Prescription for Eliminating Health Disparities to Washington

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial  Director NASHVILLE, TN — Finding solutions to the disparities in how people of color receive health care regarding COVID-19 is the challenge facing Dr. James Hildreth and members of […]

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New National Museum of African American Music Offers Experiences that Keep on Giving

January 13, 2021 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on New National Museum of African American Music Offers Experiences that Keep on Giving

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director NASHVILLE, TN — Visitors to Nashville’s new National Museum of African American Music will come away with an increased understanding of how African American music is connected to […]

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Celebrating the Life and Liberation of Leo Kwame Lillard

December 28, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Celebrating the Life and Liberation of Leo Kwame Lillard

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director Nashville TN (TN Tribune)–Mr. Leo Kwame Lillard would have wanted us to understand the importance and value of liberation, Rev. Kelly Miller Smith Jr. told the family and […]

Community

Black Journalists Celebrate 45 years of Excellence and Changing the World

December 14, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Black Journalists Celebrate 45 years of Excellence and Changing the World

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director The National Association of Black Journalists will celebrate its 45th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. during a live Zoom broadcast to which the public is […]

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Few Changes to Local Political Landscape for Black Tennesseans

November 5, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Few Changes to Local Political Landscape for Black Tennesseans

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director  NASHVILLE, TN — While election officials were able to call the race for president in the state shortly after the polls closed, there were a few races in […]

Politics

Planning Your Vote, Making It Count

October 1, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Planning Your Vote, Making It Count

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director How are you voting? When are you voting? What’s your plan? If you haven’t made a plan, there’s even more urgency with the passing of Supreme Court Justice […]

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Sculptor Completes the American Story of Suffragists with Statues of Black Women

September 24, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Sculptor Completes the American Story of Suffragists with Statues of Black Women

By Sandra Long Weaver Tribune Editorial Director Alan LeQuire has been sculpting women for more than 40 years, but his current body of work has never been more important or timely. His gallery in the […]

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Trauma Memories Linger After the Pain Subsides

August 13, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Trauma Memories Linger After the Pain Subsides

By Sandra Dawson Long Weaver I am traumatized.  I am outraged. I am sick and tired of seeing Black Americans stretched out on city pavements in handcuffs. The most recent televised image of Black children […]

Nashville

Gold Award Tradition Continues for Girl Scout Troop 539

July 30, 2020 Sandra Long Weaver Comments Off on Gold Award Tradition Continues for Girl Scout Troop 539

By Sandra Long Weaver  Girl Scout Troop Leader Paulette Allen has loved girl scouting most of her life. She enjoyed it as girl, as a parent of Girl Scouts, as an assistant troop leader and […]

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