22nd Annual Trumpet Awards Gives Tributes to Extraordinary Honorees for...
Honorees agree they owe their success to those who paved the way before them. Atlanta, GA (2-06-2014). The Trumpet Awards Foundation recently wrapped up the 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards where an...
View ArticleMTSU Honors College Hosts Feb. 17 Presidents’ Day Open House
MURFREESBORO — High school and transfer students and their families from across Tennessee are invited to the fifth annual Presidents’ Day Open House at Middle Tennessee State University’s Honors...
View ArticlePower List of Best-Selling African-American Books Releases Winter 2014 List
By: Kam Williams The Power List, the quarterly compilation of best-selling books written or read by African Americans, released its Winter 2014 list today. The Power List is a joint project of...
View ArticleBlack History Month Events at Nashville Public Libraries
Nashville, TN – Celebrate African-American History Month at all library branches. Don’t miss our African American-themed programs, including lectures, storytelling, crafts, music and dance. All events...
View ArticleTea and Conversations With African-American Women
NASHVILLE, TN —Tea and Conversations is coming to Nashville! Tea and Conversations is a networking, educational, spiritual and communications event that builds relationships among African-American...
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African Americans Twice as Likely to use Twitter than Whites.
By Ronald W. Weathersby Twitter was founded in 2006 and now claims tens of millions of users around the globe. According to a demographic survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American...
View ArticlePastor Miller and Congregation Make Donation to Meharry Medical College
By Rev. Brenda Harris Haywood Pastor Alvin Miller and the St. John Congregation honoring the ‘Meharry Medical College Students for Africa’ with over $1,200 donation during the St. John Church’s Annual...
View ArticleFormer Inmate Displays Artwork At Avon Williams Campus Library Feb. 28-April 11
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Freedom was only a dream for Ndume Olatushani, a man who spent 28 years behind bars in maximum-security prisons. Wrongly convicted of murder, he spent 20 of those...
View Article“Fearless Five” Superheroes Leap Into Action to Help Black Youth
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Five young African-American superheroes called the Fearless Five may be saving young Black minds–one picture adventure book and...
View ArticleNashville-Area Domino’s Pizza Stores to Hire 200 New Team Members
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2014 – Jason Shifflett began his career with Domino’s Pizza in 1991 at a local Domino’s Pizza store in Olive Branch, Miss., while he was attending high school. His intent...
View ArticleTips to Get Kids Excited About Science
(StatePoint) Sometimes it can be hard to convince kids that learning is fun. While parents can’t necessarily control how exciting the school day is, they can make off-hours learning more fun and...
View ArticleCenterstone Opens State-of-the-Art Facility
NASHVILLE, TN — Centerstone, a not-for-profit organization providing a wide range of mental health and addiction services, today announced the grand opening of a new outpatient facility located on the...
View ArticleAvon Williams Library Hosts Exhibits From TSU Artists
NASHVILLE, TN — (TSU News Service) – The works of two artists from Tennessee State University will be on display at the library at the Avon Williams through the end of the month, and include works...
View ArticleDon Lemon on: Black History, Music, SNL & More
By: Janice Malone Whether he’s reporting the news or interviewing some of the world’s leading movers and shakers, CNN news anchor Don Lemon is a renaissance man who’s at the tip-top of his game. When...
View ArticleFilm: The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Nashville, Tenn. – Community Cinema in Studio A, presented by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Nashville Public Television (NPT), with presenting partner Nashville Film Festival (NaFF),...
View ArticleNew Life Project Gives Local Man Second Chance at Fatherhood
By Ronald W. Weathersby Napoleon Person readily admits that his life had become unmanageable. The 24-year-old Nashville native describes himself as irresponsible and out of control. “I was in the...
View ArticleFood Swaps That Slash Calories
When it comes to weight loss, slow and steady wins the race. “While complete diet makeovers can be overwhelming, focusing on small simple changes makes healthy eating more manageable and sustainable...
View ArticleGarcelle Beauvais: Rides Love Merry-Go-Round
By Rych McCain The subject of the hurt and pain that love can produce is grist for the mill in many romance books, TV shows and movies. Ghanaian film maker Leila Djansi who brought us “Ties That Bind,”...
View ArticleMtsu Profs To Moderate Discussions On Civil Rights Film Series At Bradley Museum
MURFREESBORO — MTSU professors will help moderate discussions surrounding films about black history during a series of upcoming events at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center in Murfreesboro....
View ArticleDunn to be Retried on First-Degree Murder Charge
Special to the NNPA from The Florida Courier JACKSONVILLE- State Attorney Angela Corey said her office will retry 47-year-old Michael Dunn, a software developer charged with first-degree murder,...
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