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Atlanta Hawks Coach To Join NAACP’s Rayshard Brooks Protest After Police Killing

Following yet another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, killed at the hands of police on Friday June 12 in Atlanta, crowds of protestors, including Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce, are expected to march with the NAACP on Monday (June

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3 Men Indicted on Murder Charges in Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor on Wednesday announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal

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BET To Air Special Coverage Of Rayshard Brooks' Atlanta Funeral Today

BET is bringing live coverage from the Ebenezer Baptist Church beginning at

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Voters In Louisville Are Forced To Cast Their Ballots At The Only Polling Site In The City Of 600,000 People - Blavity

All eyes are on Kentucky during Tuesday's primary election as voters are being forced to cast their ballots at the only polling site in some

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Protesters Try To Take Down Slaveowner Andrew Jackson Statue In Washington D.C.

Demonstrators in Washington D.C., attempted to topple a bronze statue of former president Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park, near the White House on Monday (June 22), video footage posted on social media

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`When does it stop?' Slain man's family makes tearful plea

ATLANTA (AP) — Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd‘s death in

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Parents of students with disabilities in Georgia fight for children's rights

Parents of Children with Disabilities in Georgia Fight for

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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Federal Coronavirus Relief Funding

• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the

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Fulton County Commissioners create task force to review elections process

Task force created to address lines, voting machine issues, and delays experienced by voters who requested absentee ballot

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Atlanta police chief resigns after police shooting at local restaurant

ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned as calls for her firing built following a police-involved shooting at a fast-food

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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Coronavirus relief funding

• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the

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Former Atlanta Police Officer Charged With Felony Murder in the Killing of Rayshard Brooks – Your Black World

The Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney’s Office announced during a Wednesday (June 17) press conference that a former Atlanta police officer has been charged with

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'You Broke My Wrist': Georgia Cops Seen Using Excessive Force On Black Man Before Realizing They Had The Wrong Guy - Blavity

According to the Valdosta Daily Times, officers used excessive force on Antonio Arnelo Smith, who sustained a broken arm from the arrest, after he was mistaken for a suspect in a panhandling investigation in early

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Georgia Rep. Vernon Jones Wants Political Affiliation to Be Protected By Proposed Hate Crime Bill

Controversial Georgia House Rep. Vernon Jones wants to add political party to a proposed hate crime

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Groves High School Senior Wins ClearWater Solutions Scholarship

The scholarship winners are considered leaders in their schools, not only with exceptional academic accomplishments, but being involved in school activities and community service efforts as

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SPLC Announces $30 Million To Help Register Southern Voters Of Color

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LeBron James Partners with Athletes, Politicians and Entertainers to Combat Voter Suppression

LeBron James has a two-part plan under a new organization that he has started called More Than

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Some Atlanta police stay out of work for a third day after officers charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks | The Atlanta Voice

“Nonetheless, as it relates to what is happening here in Atlanta, with our own officers, all we can tell you is that these matters brought by the Fulton County District Attorney must now be allowed to play out in the justice

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2 Republicans Opposed By Trump Win In N. Carolina, Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Voters rebuffed President Donald Trump and nominated two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and Kentucky on

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Disgraced Policemen Charged in Rayshard Brooks Case Surrender to Authorities; One Bonds Out

According to National Public Radio (NPR), Garrett Rolfe (pictured far left) and Devin Brosnan (pictured second left) separately turned themselves into the Fulton County

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RAYAC Sponsors Millennials of Faith Rally

Through the leadership of Janita Ferguson, Jeremy Satterwhite, and Martinique Mix, the Millennials of Faith organization was formed and its first rally was held on Saturday, June 6, 2020 in front of Big Bethel AME Church in

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Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice

Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the

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States failed to get absentee ballots to thousands of voters in recent primary elections, signaling problems for November | The Atlanta Voice

Miller and Sheth are among tens of thousands of voters who didn’t get their requested absentee ballots in recent primaries, including in the battleground states of Georgia and

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First Judicial Administrative District Delivers McMichael Case

In Georgia the courts promote access and understanding of court proceedings not only by the participants, but also by the general public and the news media who will report on the

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Rep. Terri Sewell Supports Renaming Edmund Pettus Bridge

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell said Monday she is in favor of renaming the Edmund Pettus bridge in her hometown of

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Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military A

Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was born in Thomasville, Georgia. Enduring heavy racism during his schooling, Flipper went on to establish a military career. This was ended however after he was falsely accused of embezzling

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Voting Delays, Long Lines Bring Chaos to Georgia Primaries

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the

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Porsha Williams Remembers Being Chased By The KKK As A Child

Porsha individually is not really known for her activism, though she is the granddaughter of prominent Civil Rights Leader, Hosea Williams, who closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership

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Justices OK James Brown's Dying Wish: Funding Needy Kids Education

In an unanimous ruling on Wednesday, the state’s justices wrote that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown’s who claimed to be his wife, failed to annul a previous marriage, and therefore did not have a right to his multimillion-dollar

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Atlanta Police Call Out Sick Over Charges in Fatal Shooting | Afro

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a Black man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel abandoned amid protests demanding massive changes to

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