FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We have mixed feelings about the Treasury Department’s decision to place ex-enslaved and black feminist abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill. On one hand, it’s past time this country recognizes the important contributions black women have made toward moving this country toward a more perfect union. And we do understand that…
Op-Ed: Occupation is Not Safety
by Rhiana Anthony This editorial is a calling out to call-in and hold the people who hold power in this city accountable for the realities they create. I first heard about the series of altercations that took place within the Cayce community through the Tennessean. As I read through the story, I was immediately disheartened…
BLM Nashville Statement on Library Meeting Space Cancellation
After several months of meeting at the North Branch library, on Wednesday (2/19), the Nashville Chapter of Black Lives Matter was contacted through email and by phone that library administrators received complaints regarding BLM’s policy of general meetings being open to black and non-black people of color only. Although meeting rooms are available to local…
TNTJ Trans Identities Teach-In Saturday 2/13
Instead of our regularly schedule general body meeting, please join the BLM fam this Saturday at TNTJ’s Trans-Identities Teach-IN (FREE EVENT). We think this is extremely important to attend because ALL black lives matter!! Please find information below. See you there! The Tennessee Trans Journey Project, in association with the Nashville Human Rights Campaign and the Vanderbilt Students of…
Welcome to the Poor People’s March: Message to Nashville MLK Day
Welcome to the poor people’s march We are here to reclaim the legacy of MLK We continue the fight against police brutality against state-sanctioned killing of Black people by law enforcement against racial profiling WE SEE YOU OPERATION SAFER STREETS against poverty, against under-education against healthcare disparities, against for-profit prison systems and against corrupt political…
Black Lives Matter Nashville Organizers Draw on King’s Legacy, Join In Weekend of Regional Actions
Monday, January 18, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASHVILLE, TN –Today, in celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Black Lives Matter Nashville hosted our 2nd Poor People’s March to continue to fight against police brutality, state-sanctioned killing of Black people by law enforcement, poverty, under-education, healthcare disparities, criminalization by…
Black Lives Matter Nashville General Body Meeting this Saturday!
BLM General Body Members are open to black and non-black people of color only.
#JusticeForJerome
Read more about Jerome’s case here.
#EarnThisVote: Clinton Comes to Nashville
Friday, November 20th, the Hillary Clinton campaign visited Nashville and held a fundraising rally at the historic Fisk University. The campaign invited students from Fisk and Meharry Medical College to stand behind the stage as Clinton spoke to the crowd. Unknown to the campaign was that a few of the chosen Meharry medical students were…
