(Black PR Wire) SARASOTA, FL — Visit Sarasota County is pleased to announce the addition of -The Newtown African American Heritage Trail as an official attraction on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, which has more […]
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 […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — February 12, 2019 — A special free screening of Mr. Temple and the Tigerbelles, a documentary telling the story of legendary Tennessee State University (TSU) track and field coach Ed Temple and 40 African American female […]
Credit is finally going where it’s due. The song “We Shall Overcome” has left an indelible mark on American culture. Part gospel hymn, part protest anthem of the civil rights movement, the origin of the song […]
By Dr. Lillian Williams “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Those are the words of Ida B. Wells, fearless anti-lynching crusader of the late 19th and early […]
By Clint Confehr FRANKLIN, TN — African American veterans’ contribution to history is the topic of next Friday’s porch talk at the McLemore House presented by the African American Heritage Society of Williamson County. Leading […]
On this week’s Take 10 with The Tennessee Tribune, Rev. Cynthia Siefert, Johnine Thomas and Bill Gittens of St. Anselm’s Episcopal Church, discuss with Tribune Editorial Director Sandra Long Weaver the church’s work leading to […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees President Lee Saunders will attend a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating two sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, whose gruesome deaths on the job led Memphis […]
NASHVILLE, TN — Douglas Henry, 90, was a legendary presence in Nashville politics, and the longest serving state legislator in Tennessee history serving six decades. He retired from the legislature in 2014. Douglas Henry Jr., […]
NASHVILLE, TN — Originally a footpath from the Cumberland River to the Hadley Plantation, Jefferson Street was once known as one of America’s best known districts of jazz, rhythm and blues. It served as the […]
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