LeBron Hill is an opinion columnist for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee.
Since the summer of 2020, The Tennessean s Black Tennessee Voices initiative has built on the longtime Tennessee Voices name, with a focus on uplifting, empowering and amplifying the voices of Black thinkers, leaders and doers who reside in our great state.
What began as a special opinion section after the tragic death of George Floyd to showcase the powerful Black voices in our state has grown into a Facebook group and a monthly feature in the Tennessee Voices newsletter.
Black residents make up nearly 30% of Nashville s population and about 17% of Tennesseans, but they have been historically underrepresented in our coverage, featured voices and in our newsroom. We want to change that.
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Lee tweeted the same day, thanking the General Assembly and National Rifle Association for their efforts in backing the bill.
While some Tennesseans see this as a win for the constitutional carry movement, others feel it ignores the pain suffered from gun violence.
Just days after the bill was signed into law, a 17-year-old was killed and a police officer was wounded Monday afternoon in a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville. This is now the fifth Knoxville teen to lose his or her life to violent crime this year. And, in North Nashville, a 3-year-old was shot and killed with four victims wounded.
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