The Tennessee House of Representatives recently expelled lawmakers, Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, for exhibiting a lack of decorum during a session. The two lawmakers had joined a group of students in a demonstration, demanding the legislative body to take…
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– data shows there were fewer mass shooting deaths during an earlier 10-year prohibition The shooting deaths of three children and three adults inside a Nashville school has put further pressure on Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called…
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A remarkable poetry collection with “inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom” (Monica Youn) from Clint Smith, the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Critics Circle award-winning author of How the Word Is Passed. Clint Smith’s vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional…
Read moreTo a sultry rocking chair tempo, “Proof” gets a meaty rendering by Rhythm of Gospel Award nominee K.T. Ellis, who is making his recording debut on Blacksmoke Music Worldwide. Ellis’s vocal delivery is marinated in deep southern soul quartet stylings.…
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Clear blue skies, fresh cut grasswater as clear as new made glasscurtains of lace, linens so finefurniture of mahogany, ebony, & pinebedcloths of satin, blankets so warmthat makes things seem calm when all around is stormbut you do not take…
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When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math. “Despite the increasing importance of mathematics to the progress of…
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Legacy planning is a lifelong endeavor that requires patience, discipline, a strong work ethic and proficiency when it comes to the subject of money and taxes. Being “wealthy” should not only be defined in numerical terms. Otherwise, what good does…
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings meets Educated in this harrowing, deeply hopeful memoir of family, faith and the power of books—from acclaimed journalist and human rights activist Goldie Taylor Aunt Gerald takes in anyone who asks, but the conditions are…
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Now in his mid-forties, influential Christian hip hop artist Da’ T.R.U.T.H. is acknowledging, through a rebranding effort, the dignity of maturity and the wisdom gained along the way. Henceforth using his Christian name instead of his stage name, Da’ T.R.U.T.H.…
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On February 1, 2023– the first day of Black History Month – the College Board released the framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has criticized the pilot version of the African…
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