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Ethel Waters was the first Black performer seen on television. Her one-night variety special, The Ethel Waters Show, aired on NBC in 1939. She was joined by fellow Black actresses, Fredi Washington and Georgette Harvey, and they performed part of her play Mamba’s Daughters. Waters in 1962 would also become the first Black person to be nominated […]

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Quarterback Kirk Cousins has found a new home with the Atlanta Falcons. After 6 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings the veteran has found a new home. The Atlanta Falcons are the third team Kirk Cousins has been a part of since being drafted in the 2012 draft to the Washington Commanders. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1767255983430988083?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet More news to […]

The 1st African American Superior Court Judge.  The first woman and the youngest person ever to become a Georgia State Supreme Court Justice. Sears was born on June 13, 1955 in Heidelberg, Germany. She grew up traveling the globe with her family and father, Colonel Thomas Sears, who served as Master Army Aviator in the U.S. […]

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  OutKast reuniting has become something mythological that is forever front of mind to Hip-Hop heads. So footage of Big Boi and Andre 3000 kicking it together backstage got social media excited, even if corresponding music from the Atliens is nowhere in sight. Sir Lucius Leftfoot aka Big Boi was backstage at his partner in […]

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WE GROWN NOW Film Starring Jurnee Smollet, Lil Rel Howery, S. Epatha Merkerson Win’s Jury Best Feature Narrative At Pan African Film Festival The 2024 Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF) concluded its highly anticipated showcase of African and African diaspora cinema and arts with a standing room only awards ceremony brunch, honoring exceptional […]

The 58th mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin was the first woman to hold the post and the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a major Southern city. Mayor Franklin served the city for two terms, from 2002–2010. While in office, she focused on repairing the Atlanta sewer system and making the city […]

MajicATL’s own Reec Swiney is no stranger to the farm life. Outside of radio, he has a farm animal program that has earned national attention, millions of social media views and got the attention of many publications and news outlets alike. Recently Fox 5 featured Reec and he took the stage to shed a spotlight […]

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Why would anyone wanna throw hands with Cam Newton? Either way, that may not be the best fight to pick. Superman is 6’5″ and 245lbs on a light day. May not be a great idea right? Of course, someone still had to f*** around and find out, and they found out QUICK! During one of […]

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February is Black History Month and this month’s edition’s theme is Urban Life Photography: African Americans and The Arts. It’s all in the eye of your lens to capture and develop your visual story. We selected 5 photographers out of Atlanta to display 3-5 of your photographs. Check out the full recap below!

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ATLANTA, GA, January 30, 2024 – NBAF proudly announces our Black History Month program, Blacklisted! Banned Book Fair + Conference in partnership with the Morehouse College Movement Memory and Justice Project, South Fulton Arts, United Against Book Bans, the ACLU of Georgia, Women Engaged, 44th & 3rd Bookseller, Atlanta Writers Club, Pen America, and Black […]