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Shaq Joins Papa John’s as 1st African-American Board Member

Shaquille O’Neal is joining the Papa John’s board of directors, becoming the first African-American member on the board months after its founder resigned following his use of a racial slur. The NBA Hall of Famer will be a “triple threat,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” after the announcement Friday morning. Along with joining the […]

Missing Black Girls and the Individuals and Organizations Trying to Help

Have you seen Iniaya Wilson? Just 14, Iniaya has been missing from her Columbus, Ohio home since January 25. She’s African American, has brown hair and brown eyes; standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. Have you seen Skylar Mannie? From Lancaster, Calif., Skylar is also Black and just 13 years old. […]

City of Norcoss Announces Proposed Annexation

The City of Norcross adopted a resolution announcing its intent to annex a neighboring portion of unincorporated Gwinnett County at a City Council meeting on Jan. 7, 2019, initiating the process of annexation. The proposed annexation includes the area between Buford Highway, Jimmy Carter Boulevard, I-85, and the western Gwinnett County line, excluding the Gwinnett […]

First African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative Launched to Close the Gap in Health Disparities

The nation’s first African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative, aimed at ensuring that genomic research and neuroscience studies are representative of individuals across all populations including African ancestry, launched today. This new enterprise partners the African-American Clergy Medical Research Initiative, comprised of prominent clergy leaders of the Minister’s Conference of Baltimore, with the Lieber Institute for Brain […]

Atlanta City Council District 3 Special Election Heads to Runoff

It looks like the special election for Atlanta City Council District 3 will be headed towards a runoff. None of the nine candidates pulled the 50 percent of the vote plus one required to secure an outright victory Tuesday. It appears Bryon Amos, who led with a little more than 23 percent of the vote, and Antonio Brown, […]

Gwinnett County Voters Turn Down MARTA Expansion

Voters in Gwinnett County shot down MARTA. The transit system will not be extending into the county. The final tally was 46 percent for the plan, 54 percent against the plan. The major transit plan would have allowed MARTA to take over the county’s current bus system, add 50 miles of dedicated lanes for a bus rapid […]

Airbnb and NAACP To Announce Partnership for Atlanta Hosts

On Thursday, March 21, 2019, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Airbnb will join together at the NAACP’s Atlanta headquarters to announce the fourth regional launch of its national partnership. In 2017, the two organizations came together to announce a program that included targeted outreach to communities of color to help […]

$5 Million Partnership To Support Mixed-Income Housing and Economic Development in Atlanta

The SunTrust Foundation announced today it awarded a $5 million grant to the Westside Future Fund (WFF). The grant will positively impact Atlanta’s historic Westside neighborhoods, whose footprint once housed more than 40,000 residents by supporting mixed-income housing and economic development. This will ensure that legacy residents can continue to call the historic Westside home and thrive as part […]

Dramatic Video Revealed for The Stitch Project in Downtown

Attendees at the Central Atlanta Progress/Atlanta Downtown Improvement District annual meeting got the first look at a dramatic video rendering of The Stitch, a proposed $452 million project that would cap the Downtown Connector. First proposed in 2016, The Stitch envisions capping the Downtown Connector by constructing a ¾-mile platform over the interstate, extending from the […]

Georgia Exported $40.5 Billion Worth of Goods Last Year

When most people think of International trade, they think about trade deals between the United States and other countries, but Georgia has its own trade portfolio as well and the state ranks number 11 in the nation for international exports. According to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia’s 2018 international trade numbers set a new record […]

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