Blacks Outraged by Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Long after the St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert M. McCulloch announced Officer Darren Wilson will not be prosecuted in connection with the...
View ArticleMississippi medical pioneer Aaron Shirley has died
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – According to his wife, the prominent doctor and medical pioneer, Aaron Shirley, has died. Dr. Shirley has had a long and influential career in the Mississippi...
View ArticleTribune Publisher Meets With DA Office
NASHVILLE, TN — District Attorney Glenn Funk and representatives of his office met with Tennessee Tribune Publisher, Mrs. Rosetta Miller Perry recently to discuss working together on issues that are...
View ArticleKam’s Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams For movies opening December 5, 2014 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Pyramid (R for violence and gruesome images) Subterranean horror flick about a team of archaeologists who find themselves hunted...
View ArticleFive Ways Your Smartphone Can Help You Get Through the Holidays
Millions of Americans find themselves focused on planning the perfect party, juggling a packed social schedule and shopping for the best holiday deals. Nearly seven in 10 smartphone users are “always...
View ArticleCan You ‘Spend an Evening With R. Kelly?’
By Janice Malone It’s the concert Nashville’s been buzzing about throughout the year. It’s the return of the one and only R. Kelly, one of R&B music’s most successful recording artists of all time....
View ArticleClergy Urge Capitol Hill for Limits on Payday Lending
WASHINGTON, DC — Over 80 clergy from 22 states representing multiple denominations converged on Capitol Hill from November 17-19 in a unified advocacy effort. Following two days of training that...
View ArticleCEO Davoudpour Host’s Fair for Students
NASHVILLE, TN — The chairman and CEO of Nashville-based Shoney’s Corporation, David Davoudpour, recently joined Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Director Dr. Jesse Register and Nashville Area...
View ArticleThe Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears: DVD Review by Kam Williams
Paris Flat Serves as Setting for Surreal Erotic Thriller Dan Kristensen (Klaus Tange) could find no sign of his wife Edwige (Ursula Bedena) when he returned home from a business trip. Moreover, the...
View ArticleMayor’s Statement: Visit by President Obama
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mayor Karl Dean released this statement following the White House announcement today that President Barack Obama plans a Dec. 9 visit to Nashville. “We are honored that President...
View ArticleEditorial: Bill…Just “Say It Ain’t So.”
By Rodney Beard When I was 10 years old my dad bought an album. It was Bill Cosby’s first one, “Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow.” Mom fried fish that night, and our neighbors came over because back...
View ArticleNashville Avengers… Get Ready To Defend The City
By Renuka Christoph Plan for an action packed weekend at Bridgestone with Marvel Universe Live! It’s a unique chance to watch your favorite superhero defeat the villainous plot of Green Goblin, Electro...
View ArticleObama: ‘We Can’t Deport Eleven Million People’
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Responding to immigrants’ fear that the next administration will revoke a new White House policy calling for voluntary registration by people who’ve come to the United...
View ArticleMY Family Fantastic: Nothing Shall Be Impossible
By M. Simone Boyd https://twitter.com/MSimoneBoyd Many people know that Dr. Ben Carson is a brilliant neurosurgeon. He successfully separated conjoined twins for the first time in history, has...
View Article150th Anniversary of the Battle of Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN — The commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Nashville will take place 10 a.m. Dec. 13 at various Nashville historic sites. Nashville churches and schools around the city...
View ArticleTaking a Bite Out of Hunger in Tennessee
By Marc H. Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League; Donnie Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tyson Foods On the surface, it may appear that Tyson Foods and the...
View ArticleTop Five: Film Review by Kam Williams
Chris Rock Rolls in Romantic Comedy/Film Industry Satire In Birdman, Michael Keaton played a fading star trying to revive a career that had been in decline since he’d become typecast after playing a...
View ArticleTennessee State University Alum and NASA Engineer Receives Director’s...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – A Tennessee State University alumnus and NASA engineer has been recognized for outstanding contribution to the agency. Ron Cobbs, a 1989 TSU graduate with a B.S....
View ArticleThe Gambler: Film Review by Kam Williams
High-Roller Spirals Out of Control in Remake of Riveting Mob Saga By day, Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is an English Literature professor whose questionable teaching method involves berating his blasé...
View ArticleSelma: Film Review by Kam Williams
Timely Civil Rights Saga Revisits Historic Martin Luther King March I was born in the early Fifties, which means the Civil Rights Movement unfolded over the course of my formative years. And like the...
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