Former Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on Thursday (January 15), the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, per theGrio. The visit coincided ...

The 2026 4th annual Atlanta Black Expo is set to be the largest showcase of mixed, non-industry-specific Black-owned businesses in the Southeast, featuring over 300 thriving small businesses, ...

On this Friday, the City of Atlanta will take another major step toward reducing crime and the city’s recidivism rate when it opens its newest AT-Promise Youth Center in Southwest Atlanta. The grand ...

Fort Valley State University President Paul A. Jones, Ph.D., has announced his plans to retire at the end of June 2026, concluding a decade of service as the university’s 10th president and more than ...

Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Open Food Pantry to Address Growing Food Insecurity The Magnolia (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and Big Bethel A.M.E.

Ahead of crucial 2026 budget vote this morning  Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington says when the Commission adopts ...

If there are one person’s words that will motivate you to take action, they’re the famous words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr; after all, MLK was one of the most influential people in not only American ...

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert in Washington, D.C. is moving from the Kennedy Center after more than two decades. According to NPR, this year’s “Let Freedom Ring” concert, headlined by ...

Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts announced that eligible senior citizens will automatically receive two new school property tax exemptions. “I am pleased that I was able to clarify state ...

At the MLK Jr. Beloved Community Awards, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday night, EGOT-winning actress and activist Viola Davis was honored along others like Billie Eilish and used her ...

Proposed Rule Change Would Condone Discrimination in Housing The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s latest broadside is aimed at depriving millions of people from access to housing.

NBA Star Jaylen Brown returned home this week to Wheeler High School, where his legendary high school career was officially honored with the retirement of his jersey. Surrounded by the student body, ...