Atlanta, GA – Greg Street, long-time CBS Big Station D.J., whose trademark, “Six o’clock, Six o’clock, it’s time for Street to Rock” is an urban legend in Atlanta. Street is being honored as entrepreneur of the year at the Keep Hope Alive Gala taking place during the 13th Annual Creating Opportunity Conference on Friday, October […]
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GMC World Premiere Original Movie Raising Izzie Catapults Network to New Ratings Records
ATLANTA – GMC TV, America’s favorite channel for uplifting family entertainment, announced today that the GMC World Premiere Movie Raising Izzie set a host of new ratings milestones on its July 21 (7-9 p.m. EST) premiere. The network also announced that Raising Izzie will re-air on Friday, August 3 at 9 and 11 p.m. EST, […]
Hank Aaron Foundation Donates $100,000+ to Atlanta Tech
The Atlanta Technical College Foundation announced today that the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation has made a generous donation in the amount of $104,000 to establish the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation 4 for 4 Endowed Scholarship at Atlanta Technical College. The scholarship is in memory of Dr. Brenda Watts Jones, former president […]
Amabassor Andrew Young celebrates 80 years
By Arit Essien – Living a life of many hats, many jokes, and many roles; civil rights crusader, and political leader Andrew Jackson Young born 1932, celebrated 80 years March 12, 2012, with family and friends. Receiving an early birthday gift a week before in Atlanta, also known as “the city that he built;” Young’s […]
Dogon Village Books Celebrates Drug Sentencing Reform with Release of Ebook Version Urban Saga “SnitchCraft”
Atlanta, GA – When author Edrea Davis debuted her fictional saga, “SnitchCraft” in hardcover back in 2007, everyone from readers to activists to academics took note of this creative approach to advocacy. Davis cunningly fused hip-hop with a civil rights agenda to offer a glimpse into the corrupt environment created by the use of informants […]
Helping HBCU’s Move Students To and Through College is the Focus of the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Conference in Atlanta this Week
Speakers include educator, Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, civil rights leader, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, author, Jawanza Kunjufu, college president, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, and Meldon Hollis from the White House Initiative on HBCUs Atlanta, GA – This week, November 8 – 11, 2011, The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building will host Partnerships […]
City of Atlanta dedicates park to Rev. James Orange, civil and labor rights leader
By Arit Essien – “Hey Leader!,” was his common greeting to all he met; a call to action of sorts; but to a countless mass, the Rev. James Orange, with unwavering dedication to civil and labor rights was the leader himself; a “towering” example of nonviolent activism. A close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, […]
Vivica A. Fox, Demetria McKinney, Kellie Williams, and Fire Chief Rosemary Cloud Promote Healthy Living at Black Women’s Roundtable Empowerment Tour
Maintaining a healthy, wealthy and wise lifestyle will be the primary focus as celebrities, physicians, financial advisors, chefs, and women and girls from greater Atlanta assemble for The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) Healthy Wealthy Wise National Empowerment Tour, Friday Oct. 21 thru Sunday Oct. 23. Created to empower Black women, veterans and girls, the 3-day […]
Hundreds to join civil rights ‘dean’ on his 90th birthday
By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY – One of the last icons of America’s civil rights battles turns 90 Thursday, and hundreds of his relatives, friends and fans will celebrate with him at Atlanta Symphony Hall on Sunday. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, “the dean of the civil rights movement,” who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., […]