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Spelman museum hosts MacArthur Genius' student-assisted art exhibition
Amanda Williams’ “We Say What Black This Is” is showing at the women’s HBCU in Atlanta through May 24.
In 1961, Malcolm X took an eye-opening trip to Atlanta
Malcolm X had been a public critic of King and rejected the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s direction on race relations.
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Winfred Rembert documented the Jim Crow era with deeply personal paintings
Today, Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
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RHONE: Georgia sheriff shouldn’t rely on badge to avoid accountability
A federal judge ruled that Darius Rice's $11 million excessive force lawsuit against a Georgia sheriff can proceed.
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Boycott or bust? Black entrepreneurs in Atlanta respond to DEI rollbacks
Local business owners with major retail experience discuss how Trump's executive orders affect them.
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Stop the presses? Savannah’s Black newspaper, the Tribune, prints on
Over its 150 year history, The Savannah Tribune, a Black-owned weekly, has overcome censorship, distribution challenges, an ill-timed closure, a legal challenge, even a fire.
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Rap legend MC Lyte celebrates hip-hop career at City Winery tonight
Legendary female rapper brings career retrospective to City Winery Atlanta on Feb. 19.
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Gullah Geechee-led referendum on Sapelo Island: What you need to know
A voter referendum organized by Gullah Geechee residents of Sapelo Island aimed at repealing a Georgia county zoning change is set for Oct. 1. Here's what you need to know.
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Beyoncé adds fourth Atlanta date to upcoming ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour
The eight-city tour kicks off in Los Angeles in April and includesd stops in Paris and London before ending in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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How a stained glass church window in Atlanta changed this Pulitzer Prize winner’s life
The famed W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King Jr. biographer excavates his own complicated family story.