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Dr. Stanley J. Pritchett Resigns as President of Morris Brown College
Local Green Atlanta Finds New Home, New Growth With New Season
Commissioner Gregory Adams to Host School-to-Prison Pipeline Gaps Leadership Summit
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Spelman College President Emerita, Named 2020 Westside Future Fund Board Chair
WATCH: City of Atlanta Chief Information Officer Provides Cyber Security Update
MARTA Police Chief Wanda Dunham Promoted to C-Suite
Guns caused the life expectancy of black Americans to drop by more than four years from 2000 to 2016, twice as much as the decline in life expectancy of white Americans during the same period, according to an academic study published on Tuesday. Assault with firearms accounted for more than three years of the drop […]
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a statement on the passing of President George H.W. Bush. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of President George H.W. Bush, a great American whose record of service and love of country are surpassed only by his devotion to family. As home to Points of Light, the […]
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the Fabulous Fox Theatre, February 21 – 24, 2019, as part of a 60th Anniversary…
Dr. Stanley J. Pritchett, president of Morris Brown College has tendered his resignation to the school’s Board of Trustees, effective December 31, 2018. He initially informed trustees at the beginning of the academic year of his intention to step down. In a statement, Morris Brown officials said: For 12 years, Pritchett gave untiring and dedicated […]
Commissioner Gregory Adams will host a strategic conversation exploring gaps in efforts to disrupt the so-called school-to-prison pipeline. The Commissioner’s Leadership Summit on School-to-Prison Pipeline Gaps will be held Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Manuel J. Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. Along with others and in coordination with […]
Georgia has joined 41 states and the District of Columbia in reaching a settlement with Encore Capital Group Inc., one of the nation’s largest debt buyers, and its subsidiaries Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC. “Robo-signing by Encore Capital Group Inc. and its subsidiaries was unjust and hurt consumers,” said Georgia Attorney General […]
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has introduced a series of measures to the Atlanta City Council which would overhaul the City’s procurement process. “As part of the One Atlanta platform, I pledged to create a more ethical, transparent and fiscally responsible government,” said Mayor Bottoms. “My procurement reform package not only transforms the way the City […]
Week of October 17-23 November 7 1837—Elijah P. Lovejoy, one of the White heroes of Black history, is killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending his anti-slavery newspaper in Alton, Ohio. 1841—The “Slave Revolt On The Creole” occurs when 125 Black slaves overpower the crew of the slave ship Creole and sail it to the […]
Roy Hargrove, an incisive trumpeter who embodied the brightest promise of his jazz generation, both as a young steward of the bebop tradition and a savvy bridge to hip-hop and R&B, died on Friday night in New York City. He was 49. The cause was cardiac arrest, according to his longtime manager, Larry Clothier. Hargrove […]
It’s late November in Atlanta, and the days are chilly, windy and raw. But when you step into Local Green…
He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good; that it can lie dormant for years and years in furniture and linen-chests; that it bides its time in bedrooms, cellars, trunks, and bookshelves” perhaps the day would come when, […]
Most readers will be familiar with this scenario. A white politician that you have not heard from in two years starts to show up at Black churches, glad-handing the pastors, reciting for the congregation his or her accomplishments that you’ve never heard of and reminding you to vote for him or her in the upcoming […]
Year after year, the Georgia General Assembly deals with proposals to revise the state’s health care regulatory rules. It’s always a contentious process, often pitting hospitals against one another. Even minor tweaks to the system typically get blocked before the end of the legislative session. Come January, though, the state’s regulatory system, known as certificate […]
African-Americans with moderate or severe sleep apnea are twice as likely to have hard-to-control high blood pressure when their sleep apnea goes untreated, according to a new study funded mainly by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings, which researchers say may partially explain why […]
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