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The Truist Foundation Awards Purpose Built Communities $7 Million Grant Grant to advance work to improve health outcomes, economic mobility and racial equity in neighborhoods throughout U.S. Atlanta-based national nonprofit Purpose Built Communities announced today at its 11th annual conference
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ Bounds to Record-Shattering $218 Million-Plus Opening
The movie scores one of the top openings of all time in North America; overseas, it amasses $169 million for a $387 million global debut. In a defining moment for Hollywood, Disney and Marvel Studios‘ Black Panther exploded at the Presidents Day box office, bounding to a record-shattering estimate
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Clayton County deputy fired for brutalizing Black passenger [watch] - Atlanta Tribune
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill announced the firing of at least one Clayton County deputy police involved in brutalizing and allegedly assaulting Roderick Walker, a rideshare passenger traveling with his children on Friday. Clayton County deputies pulled over the rideshare vehicle he and his
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How Do You Want To Die - Atlanta Tribune
How do you want to die? By Julianne Malveaux For a lot of people, especially in the Black community, conversations about death are uneasy. Nobody wants to candidly face their mortality. Some want to 'leave it in God's hands.' Some have given more thought to homegoing service details – the
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WHAT TO WATCH: Pence, Conway and protest pushback at RNC - Black News Channel
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence will deliver the marquee speech Wednesday night at the Republican convention, making the case for another four years for President Donald Trump and laying the foundation for his own potential White House run in
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HUD Secretary Ben Carson positive for COVID-19 - Atlanta Tribune
Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has tested positive for the coronavirus, a HUD spokesperson said Monday, making him the second senior official who attended an election night event at the White House to contract the virus. Carson, who rose to political prominence
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Georgia is Political Ground Zero, Black Hip-Hop Nobles rise | Atlanta Daily World
Georgia is political Ground Zero, Nobles keep an eye on prize A major misconception surrounding Donald Trump’s “Proud Boys” klan is in the name – proud. The group of Trumpism fanatics perverts the meaning of ‘proud’ with mob thinking and overtly threatening actions. Fortunately, more than a few
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Dance is Featured at ELEVATE Art Festival
Dazzling, Dreamlike, Defiant Dance is Featured at ELEVATE Art Festival This year’s ELEVATE Art Festival examines arts and culture through the lens of our changed reality due to the COVID-19 pandemic, racial unrest, economic recession, and a divisive political climate. Dance performances being
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Derek Chauvin to appear in court today in George Floyd case - Atlanta Tribune
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will appear in court today exactly two weeks after George Floyd’s death. Chauvin was the officer filmed on video with his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died. He’s been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree
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Actor Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
(AP): Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by the BBC. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara...
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Campaign Zero works to ‘End All No-Knocks’ police raids
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My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America - Atlanta Tribune
By Joe Biden There is injustice in America. There is discrimination. There is a legacy of racism and inequality that lives still in our institutions, our laws, and in too many people’s hearts that makes it harder for Black people to succeed. These are facts in the United States of America in
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Moratorium on residential evictions extended due to COVID-19 - Atlanta Tribune
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Extends Moratorium on Residential Evictions and Filings Due to COVID-19 ATLANTA– Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued an Executive Order calling on the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta Beltline Inc., Fulton County / City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority, Invest
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Voter suppression goes to college - Atlanta Tribune
By BlackPressUSA Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a ‘North Carolina-focused campaign consulting firm serving Democratic candidates with advanced campaign analytics, analyzed student voter turnout from ten North Carolina campuses, three of them HBCUs N.C. AT University, in
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Special needs kids navigate remote learning with better outcomes - Atlanta Tribune
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West Campaign Announces List of New Marquee Endorsements, Including Jim Hightower, Ben Crump, Cedric Richmond (press release)
DALLAS–The Campaign of State Sen. Royce West on [June 15th] announced a number of new marquee endorsements, including former Texas Agriculture Commissioner and nationally known progressive icon Jim Hightower; Congressman Cedric Richmond, national co-chair of the Biden Campaign and former chair of
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Fulton County judge dismisses attempted voter roll purge
Fulton County Judge Dismisses Attempted Voter Roll Purge Lawsuit Sought to Force Elections Board to Convene Hearings Challenging the Eligibility of Over 14,000 Voters Today, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick dismissed an emergency lawsuit seeking to purge 14,000 voters from the rolls
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Three Lessons From the Past to Help You Understand the 2020 Election - Atlanta Tribune
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3rd Annual Atlanta Fashion and Polo Classic - Atlanta Tribune
3rd Annual Atlanta Fashion Polo Classic takes place at Atlanta Polo Club The Miguel Wilson Collection hosts 3rd Annual Atlanta Fashion Polo Classic to benefit Ride tothe Olympics non-profit, support Morehouse Polo Club The Miguel Wilson Collection presents its 3rd Annual Atlanta FashionPolo
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K. Michelle Reveals She ‘Cried For Days’ After Losing Out On A Role In ‘P-Valley’
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Fulton County announces early voting locations - Atlanta Tribune
Twenty early voting locations will be available includingGeorgia’s Largest Voting Site at State Farm Arena ATLANTA –Fulton County voters will be able to cast their ballots for the August 11 General Primary, Nonpartisan, and Special Election Runoff election starting Monday, July 20. In total, Fulton
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Atlanta virtual career fair for veterans Thursday, June 25 - Atlanta Tribune
National unemployment claims have surpassed historic measures and veteran unemployment stays in step with this trend surging by 8 percent in just four weeks, from 3.8 percent in March to 11.8 percent in April. The good news: there are organizations hiring this specific demographic with identified
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Georgia is Political Ground Zero, Black Hip-Hop Nobles Say No to Proud Boys | Chicago Defender
Georgia is political Ground Nobles keep an eye on Ground Zero A major misconception surrounding Donald Trump’s “Proud Boys” klan is in the name – proud. The group of Trumpism fanatics perverts the meaning of ‘proud’ with mob thinking and overtly threatening actions. Fortunately, more than a few
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Militia groups face off in Louisville
Around 500 armed demonstrators wearing all-black uniforms marched with the “Not F****** Around Coalition” Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky, drawing hundreds of onlookers and rival militia counter-demonstrators. The NFAC describes itself as an all-black militia group committed to racial justice. The
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Morehouse studying COVID-19 and Sickle Cell - Atlanta Tribune
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