Atlanta

It’s time to shop for new backpacks.  Students across the Atlanta area will head to class in the next few days. Check out the start dates below. Friday, July 27: Commerce City Schools Jefferson City Schools Monday, July 30: Henry County Jackson County Rockdale County Wednesday, August 1: Atlanta City Schools Barrow County Chattooga County […]

Gun control activist and mother of Jordan Davis, the young boy shot and killed in Georgia after an altercation over loud music, won a runoff election against Kevin Abel to secure the Democratic nomination in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. McBath, used her son’s death as motivation, quitting her job as a flight attendant, diving 110% into […]

(CHICAGO, IL) – JULY 24, 2018 – Chicago-based television production company Central City Productions (CCP) announced today the 2018 Black Music Honors – the annual two-hour television special that honors artists and musicians who have influenced and made significant contributions to American music. The television special is set to take place on Thursday, August 16th in Nashville, TN. This year’s honorees for the 2018 […]

According to Fortune, the BET Awards might be moving to Atlanta next year. The awards, which celebrates black excellence in music, movies, sports, TV and other forms of entertainment. While Atlanta has become the hub for African-American entertainment, It makes perfect sense for an award show that spotlights African American entertainment should be held in Atlanta. […]

On Wednesday Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order which will prohibit city jails from accepting new detainees of the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. The move comes after President Trump order children be separated from their parents after being caught trying to cross the US-Mexico boarder. People around the country have […]