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Merle Dandridge: Her Role on OWN’s Hit Drama “Greenleaf” and Love For Theater

As the beautiful fresh face of OWN’s television drama “Greenleaf,” Merle Dandridge brings the leading role of Grace Greenleaf to…
DUVERNAY: “When I direct, it takes an episode away from a woman who could use it as a stepping stone”

When asked by a fan on Twitter when Ava DuVernay would be wearing the director’s hat again for the hit…
COVER STORY: DeKalb Court launches initiative to clean up blight in county

Atlanta’s vacant and blighted properties are costing the city between $1.6 million and $2.9 million a year in direct services,…
Atlanta Daily World: Back to the Future

The city’s oldest black-owned newspaper goes back daily in a bold move Additional reporting by Katrice L. Mines What started…
VENTURE: Kenya Brantley

Even if you have not had the desire to own a business or have never felt particularly entrepreneurial, a good…
Black August: A month of Remembrance, Resistance, Renewal

Never mind Charlottesville; it’s Black August. On August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom galvanized thousands…
COVER STORY: SCLC to launch hip-hop music label

  There’s an old adage: “If you don’t hear a baby crying, the church is dying.” The periodic sound of…
COVER STORY: A Cure For Homelessness?

City approves funding to ramp up housing, shelter space for city’s homeless The scrutiny on homelessness in Atlanta, and the…
Family Reunions Mean More Than a Great Time

In this new time, where everyone is in their “own space” doing their “own thing,” maintaining family connections have taken…
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Good Living, One Scoop at a Time

A day full of more than 300 ice cream flavors from local ice cream shops and ways to burn off…
Mother-in-Law of Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gertrude Davis Brown Passes At 90

As many familiar faces in business, faith, politics and community gathered from around the country to attend the 46th Rainbow…
COVER STORY: The Ones to Watch

Separating the good from the great It’s not difficult to find an impressive young African-American executive in Atlanta. This is,…
COVER STORY: Atlanta’s Black Arts Movement at the Crossroads

National Black Arts Festival: A Retrospective; A Re-imagining In what will likely be historicized as one of its most prescient endeavors,…
The Book of John Gray: Having Faith

This past season, the OWN Network premiered The Book of John Gray, a docu-series that followed the life of John…
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The Tech Mecca: Atlanta claims its spot in the tech scene

Survey after survey has named Atlanta’s burgeoning tech scene one of which to take note. From the convergence of tech…
The People Approach to Succession Planning

The first black-owned investment company on the New York Stock Exchange, Daniel & Bell, which once traded in municipal underwriting…
ON OUR RADAR: “MAKING AFRICA”