Atlanta
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Georgia Basketball Coaches Charged With Murder and Cruelty to Children in Black Student Athlete’s Death
Two high school coaches have been charged by a grand jury after a 16-year-old athlete died of heatstroke in 2019.
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5 American Cities That Thrive on Black Culture
From museums and art galleries to delicious food experiences, there’s so much to discover.
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Atlanta Dream Unveils Franchise's 1st All-Black, All-Female Broadcast Team
Fans of the Atlanta Dream are in for a treat. As the team revealed on Monday night, a historic group will be announcing their home games this season. And by historic, I mean the franchise’s first all-Black, all-female announcer team. Look at all of this glorious melanin: The team will consist of LaChina Robinson and…
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Wildly Popular Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Won’t Seek Reelection and Something Doesn’t Seem Right [Updated]
Thursday was ending the way that Thursdays usually do, with Thursday being all annoyed that no matter what it does, it will never be Friday. Then, literally out of nowhere, news that the rockstar mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, won’t be seeking reelection shocked the airwaves. At one point, Bottoms was supposedly on the…
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Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron
At first glance, Forrest Hill Academy might look like just about every other high school in Atlanta. That is, until you realize that it’s named after Nathan Bedford Forrest; a Confederate general who also just so happened to be a whole-ass Ku Klux Klan grand wizard. That isn’t exactly the greatest look for an educational…
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Atlanta Exxon Owner Plans to Sell Gas Station After Months of Anti-Racism Protests. Black Protest Organizer Wants to Buy It
It looks like the owner of an Exxon gas station in Atlanta is finding out the hard way that being racist while owning a store in a largely Black neighborhood is a recipe for all sorts of problems. After suffering more than two months of accusations of racism and anti-racism demonstrations, the store owner has…
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Atlanta Hawks Become 1st Sports Franchise to Receive a Significant Loan Underwritten Exclusively By Black Banks
Cha-ching! It’s no secret that the Black dollar is big business, and with the Atlanta Hawks needing to refinance the construction loan for their Emory Sports Medicine Complex, who better to go to than a Black-owned bank? On Thursday, the Hawks announced that with the help of the newly-formed National Black Bank Foundation, they secured…
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Atlanta Man Living at a Doughnut Shop to Help Give Underprivileged Kids Access to Essential Hygiene Products
You know, instead of dunking on white mess, why don’t we feel good and focus on some Black positivity instead? For example, a Black man in Atlanta has been working to give underprivileged kids access to essential hygiene products. According to 11 Alive, Johari Dozier has been living at a Sublime Doughnuts location in Atlanta…
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Tyler Perry Fed 5,000 Families on a First-Come, First-Serve Basis for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is near and Tyler Perry is continuing his charitable energy for this holiday season. In the past several months, Perry has been in the news for reportedly funding Rayshard Brooks’ (who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer) funeral and randomly paying for grocery shoppers’ bills across 73 stores in Atlanta and Louisiana.…