Nashville

As the culture editor of the scene, Erica Ciccarone, reported last week, Ernest "Rip" Patton has died. I'm not going to repeat everything Erica said. You can read it yourself. Like Kwame Lillard, who died…

A Nashville man was charged with arson after allegedly burning down four local churches within a week.On Wednesday, Alan Douglas Fox, 28, was charged with human rights abuses for his alleged crimes. If convicted, Fox faces up to 20 years…

Ernest "Rip" Patton Jr., a freedom rider and early member of the Nashville civil rights movement in the 1960s, has died. The death was confirmed Tuesday by Dorothy Walker, director of the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, who has…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0YM2TBiTB8 Vanderbilt University joined the Nashville community leaders to pay tribute to the Nashville life and legacy of US Rep. John Lewis with…

Since moving to Nashville in 1967, longtime activist Walter Searcy has seen a cycle here in Nashville: a policeman kills someone. There are calls for reform. And hardly anything changes. He hopes the plea deal doesn't continue that…

The Virginia-based Southern Environmental Law Center complains to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), claiming that routing the proposed Baiharia Pipeline through Memphis violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to…

On April 20, 1960, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on a podium at Fisk University and said he had come to Nashville "not to be inspired, but to be inspired by the great movement that was happening in this area took place. " Community.…

FILE - In this September 17, 2015 file photo, Rev. James Lawson speaks in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Lawson, who led workshops on nonviolence during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, said he was encouraged by efforts to achieve…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - On April 20, 1960, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on a podium at Fisk University and said he had come to Nashville “not to be inspired, but to be inspired by the great movement that took place in this…

President Donald Trump has so far ignored the massive bombings in Nashville, Tennessee, which damaged 41 buildings. Instead, he is asking his Twitter followers to gather in Washington DC on January 6th to support his…