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CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — As the Poor People’s Campaign launches a new initiative, its charismatic leader is working with the generation of civil rights leaders who stood by the Rev. Martin Luther King’s side and continued his efforts to stamp out poverty and racism after his assassination. “The movement for love and justice and truth […]

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — Eberlene King remembers her 15-year-old brother as he lay dying, after White teenagers cruised through their Black neighborhood in a pickup on Halloween night 1959 and shot him in the face. “His eyes … were hanging out,” King recalled. “His head was full of pellets.” William Roy Prather died the next […]

As schools across Atlanta officially open their classrooms for the start of the 2018-19 academic year, there are high hopes for progress in the...

When LaShell Eikerenkoetter cast her vote for Wesley Bell in the St. Louis County Democratic primary on Tuesday, she took the spirit of Michael Brown with her to the ballot box. She had a sole purpose on Election Day: Get rid of Bob McCulloch, the veteran prosecutor who did not get an indictment against the […]

Hammonds House Museum will unveil its new exhibit, "As We Dream: The O.T. Hammonds and Hammonds House Museum Collection, curated by Kevin Sipp, on...

Brandon Gipson and Nigerian-born Oladipupo (Ola) Johnson both graduated from Georgia Tech in Spring 2018, with degrees in computer science and mechanical engineering, respectively....

George “Mr. Opportunity” Olokun’s thinking on harnessing the next big idea has turned into a global movement and the premise is brilliant: Changemakers need...

Rob Hardy loves Atlanta. Despite being a native Philadelphian, one of the first things you learn is how much he has embraced “The A”...

Testing at participating Walgreens supports ongoing commitment to community outreach on HIV Local testing partners, Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS, a leading national public information...

Black men occupy a disproportionate share of prison cells in the U.S. sakhorn/Shutterstock.com June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail […]