Local Editorial
Gun Violence Among Our Youth
By Dwight Lewis “It is not good enough for you to say to your child, ‘Do good in school’, and then when the child comes home, you’ve got the TV on. You’ve got radio on. […]
Local Editorial
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Editorial: Would the Nashville Bomber Have Been Treated Differently If He Were Black?
By Rosetta Miller-Perry Information has surfaced that Nashville bomber Anthony Quinn Warner’s girl friend tried to warn police in 2019 that he was making bombs. A police report has surfaced that the police went to Warner’s home once, […]
Local Editorial
Racism Remains Unanswered Regarding Meharry’s Omission by the Governor
By Rosetta Miller Perry Black legislators are asking the same question the Tribune raised earlier: how did Meharry, a medical school very much involved in the fight against COVID-19 and providing frontline workers to battle […]
Faith Commentary
An Open Letter to the Governor of the State of Tennessee-from Pastor Kelly M. Smith Jr.
To the Honorable Bill Lee, Governor, State of Tennessee I bring you greetings in the matchless name of Jesus Christ, the Savior, the Liberator and Lord. Let me initially express my appreciation to you for […]
Local Editorial
Way Past Time for Nashville’s Civil Rights Museum
By Rosetta Miller-Perry It should disgust every citizen who knows anything about the history of social justice movements in America that Nashville, one of the first places where the fervor and dedication of students and […]
Local Editorial
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
By Rosetta Miller Perry The brutal, horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis May 25 was shocking worldwide, although for many Black and Brown as well as poor people it was a sight we have […]
Local Editorial
Time for NAACP to Reorganize and Refocus
By Rosetta Miller Perry Rev. Keith Caldwell’s sudden and abrupt resignation as president of the Nashville NAACP comes at a most difficult time in this city’s and nation’s history. Protests are continuing north, east, west […]
Local Editorial
Arbery Killing Just Part of Larger Problem
By Rosetta Miller Perry By now the entire nation has heard about the tragic and senseless murder (and that’s what it was) of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia. This young man had done nothing […]
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African-Americans Deserve a Nashville Civil Rights Museum
By Rosetta Miller Perry NASHVILLE, TN — The time has come for all fake meetings and feasibility studies every year to end, and action taken regarding the historic Morris Building. This has long been and remains the ideal […]
Local Editorial
Nashville Reverses Historic Pattern
By Rosetta Miller Perry The problem of white flight, whites fleeing in droves whenever Blacks move into an area, isn’t a new one. Former First Lady Michelle Obama recently said during a summit that “white […]
