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Mayor Dickens & Atlanta Urban Development Corporation Announce Request for Qualifications for Redevelopment of Lakewood Heights Elementary School into Mixed-Use Community with Affordable Housing Atlanta Urban Development Corporation (AUD) officially announced the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the redevelopment of the former Lakewood Heights Elementary School, into a vibrant mixed-use community that […]

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The City of Atlanta closed the Old Wheat Street encampment on Thursday, July 10th, following three months of outreach efforts and in alignment with recommendations from the City’s 90-Day Homelessness Task Force. In preparation for the closure, outreach teams including Restoring One’s Hope of Atlanta and InTown Cares have engaged directly with all residents to […]

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Photo: Getty Images North America T-Mobile has scrapped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as it seeks to make two major acquisitions, which require approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In a letter sent to the FCC on Tuesday (July 8), the wireless carrier pledged to discontinue its DEI policies “not just in […]

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Photo: Getty Images HBCU alumni and students are rallying behind Morehouse graduate Alex Maganda, who was recently detained by ICE in Texas. According to Black Enterprise, Maganda, a former football player who graduated from Morehouse in 2018, is being held in ICE custody at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas. News of Maganda’s detainment […]

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Photo: Moment RF A 19-year-old Black teenager has made chess history. According to the Black News, chess player Jessica Hyatt, 19, recently became the youngest African American woman to earn the National Master title. Hyatt’s chess victories have also paved the way for her to become the highest-rated African American woman player ever. Hyatt was […]

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President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union troops in Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War. Published in 1883, the illustration is now in the public domain. Digital restoration by Steven Wynn Photography. (Getty Images) JULY 9 1863—Eight Black regiments play a major […]

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Experienced legal executive and attorney brings more than 25 years of experience providing trusted legal counsel and leadership Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is proud to announce that Jamie Allen, JD, LLM, has joined MSM as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Ms. Allen is an experienced legal executive and attorney with more than […]

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Source: (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)   In what several activists and spiritual leaders view as an underhanded effort to court Black dollars, Target donated $300,000 to the National Baptist Convention amidst several ongoing Target boycotts nationwide. According to USA Today, both Rev. Jamal Bryant and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong say the church group accepting the […]

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Council to vote on Councilmember Helen Willis’ Resolution Tuesday night   In its first meeting since the president signed the “Big Beautiful Budget Bill,” the South Fulton City Council will take up a resolution, sponsored by Councilmember Helen Zenobia Willis, which demands federal accountability for the long-abandoned South Fulton Job Corps campus. The facility once […]

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Photo: Getty Images North America A program designed to expand internet access for rural and Black communities in Georgia was killed amid funding cuts led by Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Digital Equity Capacity Program was a federal grant that aimed to provide high-speed internet access to rural and low-income communities, with $22 […]

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by Robb Pitts, Chairman Fulton County Board of Commissioners Do you shop at Target or Dollar General? Drink Coke or Pepsi? Have an account with Chase, Bank of America or Wells Fargo? I am in no way singling these companies out, but simply using them as examples of the many major corporations that have scaled […]

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More than $1 million in scholarships were awarded to high-achieving international students at the Fourth Annual Global Youth Leadership Conference (GYLC) in Nassau, The Bahamas, organized by The Memorial Foundation in partnership with a host of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Held in late-spring 2025, the day-long summit welcomed more than 500 juniors and […]

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