Nashville Centenarian Passes
Mrs. Ivanetta Hughes Davis, alumna and former first lady of Tennessee State University passed away on January 14, 2013. Mrs. Davis, a centenarian, was the Centennial Grand Marshal of TSU’s 2012...
View ArticleOle Miss edges Vanderbilt
By Ron Wynn After another horrid offensive showing against Arkansas, Vanderbilt broke out of its shooting slump in style Tuesday night at Memorial Gym. They set a record for most three-pointers made in...
View ArticleUT loses to UK
By Ron Wynn Kentucky continues UT losing streak Tennessee has never fared well in Rupp Arena, and nothing changed Tuesday night. The Volunteers made a gallant second half comeback and even had a brief...
View ArticleOscar Nominated Beast of the Southern Wild has Nashville Co-Producer
By: Janice Malone If being the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d’Or at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival wasn’t enough, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN...
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Citing ‘Naked Racism,’ Gov. Pardons Wilmington Ten
By Cash Michaels Special to the Tennessee Tribune from The Wilmington Journal RALEIGH, N.C. – In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a significant moment in the civil rights...
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Megan Piphus: From the Pageant Stage to the Television Stage
By: Janice Malone It seems that telephones ringing with opportunities haven’t stopped since Megan Olivia Piphus was crowned the new Miss Black Tennessee USA 2013 (Miss Black Capital City USA 2013). The...
View ArticleFour Decades Later, Image Awards Still Entertain and Inspire
Four Decades Later, Image Awards Still Entertain and Inspire By Joi Ridley and Jessica Neal For people who love to celebrate the arts, there seems to be no end to the number of televised award...
View ArticleTake Ten on Tuesdays with the Tennessee Tribune Episode Three
Check out this week’s Take Ten on Tuesdays with the Tennessee Tribune video at www.tntribune.com. Editorial Director Sandra Long Weaver interviewed Bimpe Archer, an Irish journalist who had on a...
View ArticleVanderbilt Gets Second Straight SEC Win
After losing three straight to open the conference season, the Vanderbilt Commodores have bounced back with consecutive victories. They defeated Auburn 73-61 Wednesday night at Memorial Gym, improving...
View ArticlePresidential Inauguration Made Part of Annual MLK Day Celebration
Participants in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr march were treated at the end of the march route with a change in the annual program. This year, instead of a local keynote speaker, the crowd listened...
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Irish News Journalist’s View of U.S. Presidential Election
Irish News journalist Bimpe Archer writes about the view from Belfast, Northern Ireland, of the US presidential election and America’s first black president. On the morning the results for the...
View ArticleJohnathan Lee Iverson is The Ringmaster!
By: Janice Malone Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages! It’s that time of year again, when the Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus comes to town! It seems that the pageantry, the beauty and...
View ArticlePredators Lose First Regulation Game
By Ron Wynn The NHL season is only four games long, but there’s far more urgency attached to the daily outcomes than would be the case in a normal 82-game year. With only 48 games, teams can’t really...
View ArticleTennessee Loses Upset Bid
By Ron Wynn The Tennessee Volunteers played one of their best halves Thursday night at Ole Miss on the road, but it wasn’t enough. The Rebels were held to their lowest point total (18) of the year in...
View ArticleGrizzlies Roll Over Nets
By Ron Wynn The Memphis Grizzlies found the going a bit easier Friday night at home against the Brooklyn Nets, posting a decisive 101-77 win. Despite the Nets coming in among the Eastern Conference’s...
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Stellar Awards: Glitz-Glamour & Gospel
By: Janice Malone It was a night of glitz, glamour and gospel when the 28th Annual Stellar Awards show made its presentation this Saturday night at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The show was sold out...
View ArticleChurches Donate Warm Items for Homeless
Some of Nashville’s homeless won’t have to go another night unprotected in the brutal cold weather anymore thanks to an East Nashville church. New Livingstone Church, 330 Hancock St, hosted a massive...
View ArticleFilm & Panel Discussion on “Soul Food Junkies”
By Ron Wynn Filmmaker Byron Hunt’s new film “Soul Food Junkies,” part of the “Independent Lens” series, explores the growth and popularity of those foods popularly known as “soul food” within the Black...
View ArticleObama to be Honored at Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and...
By Kori Tuitt Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News To honor the United States’ first Black president, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in...
View ArticleWayans Nephews Enter Family Trade
by Kimberly Roberts Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune The new BET-scripted comedy “Second Generation Wayans” debuted Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 10:30 p.m. after the premiere of “Real Husbands...
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