Category : News

4 months ago

A Brief History of Black Santa

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Black Santa has always been a hotly debated holiday figure in the American consciousness. Many of his critics often forget, or maybe never learned, that the image of Black Santa was originally meant to mock the B...

4 months ago

How American Hindus Spend Christmas

By Syama Allard& (RNS) — The United States’ Christian population is smaller than it’s been in the past 50 years, with fewer than 65 percent of Americans counting themselves Christian. Still, more than 90 percent of the country observes the d...

4 months ago

Mark Your Calendar for Holiday Fun!

NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Holiday Traditions like going to the ballet to see The Nutcracker, the Ryman to see The Vince Gill and Amy Grant Christmas special always top our list of Holiday Season Events not to be misses. You also need to make plans t...

4 months ago

Proposed Holiday for Rosa Parks

By V.S. Santoni On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress, made a courageous decision that would ignite the Montgomery Bus Boycott and catalyze the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Parks, having boarded a city bus in Mo...

4 months ago

The Road to Recovery Celebrated by Memphis Woman

By Wiley Henry EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first installment of a two-part series about a woman who turned her life around after a tumultuous battle with alcohol and drug addiction. MEMPHIS, TN — Meishal Berniece Henry is deliriously happy. She...

4 months ago

College Football’s Greed Exposed 

If anyone has any doubts that major college football is first and foremost a big money enterprise driven by television dollars, they should be forever convinced by what the college football playoff committee did this past Sunday. For the first...

4 months ago

“Color Purple” Special Airs This Weekend

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” has previously been released as a film and also in a theatrical version. But there’s a new, updated film adaptation coming to theaters for Christmas. This week viewers can get an...

4 months ago

“Renaissance” Tops Box Office

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Concert films are proving a big draw this season as theatrical releases. Over the weekend the biggest high profile and most successful film released was “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,”& It was the followup to “T...

4 months ago

Streamed Artists Reflect Diversity of Music

By Ivan Sanchez Spotify, a popular music streaming service, has recently unveiled “Spotify Wrapped 2023.”& This list documents the top genres, songs, and artists streamed by people all over the world over the last year.& This year...

4 months ago

Chapman Makes History at CMA Awards 

By V.S. Santoni  Tracy Chapman, the acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist, recently made history by becoming the first Black songwriter to receive the prestigious Country Music Association’s Song of the Year award. This landmark achi...

4 months ago

New Guyana St. Lucia Association Executive Elected

The Guyanese Community of St Lucia has appointed a new seven-member Executive. The new team is led by its President, Patrick. A. Chester and was elected at a special meeting on November 4, 2023. The other Executive members are as follows; Vice Pre...