Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

SEC title game remains one of the city’s best annually attractions

The traffic on Marietta Street snaked its way onto Centennial Olympic Park Drive at a snail’s pace. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship game, arguably the most important college football game that isn’t Michigan/Ohio State or...

The SEC Championship game remains one of Atlanta’s best annual attractions

Five officers charged after Black man paralyzed in police van

By The Associated Press Five Connecticut police officers were recently charged with cruelly neglecting a Black man after he was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van, despite his repeated and desperate pleas for help. Randy Cox, 36,...

Candles, crosses, and prayers: Chesapeake, Va. community still reeling from mass shooting

By Reginald Williams. Special to the AFRO. Megan Sayles and Tashi McQueen, Report for America Corps Members Hundreds gathered in Chesapeake City Park on Nov. 28 to honor the six innocent lives taken in the mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart last...

SPD Arrests Suspect in Hartridge Street Shooting

By Bianca Johnson, Savannah Police Department SAVANNAH, GA (December 2, 2022) – Savannah Police detectives have arrested a 42-year-old Savannah man who shot a teen outside his home on Hartridge Street on Dec. 1. Around 5:35 p.m. officers resp...

Teen shot while campaigning for Raphael Warnock ahead of Georgia run-off election

Billy Porter receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star

By Shell Richardson, Special to the AFRO Billy Porter, the larger-than-life singer, activist, Tony, Grammy, and EMMY award winning actor has received the ultimate dedication in Hollywood- a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!& Porter, mo...

D.C. Mayor Bowser invests $16.4 million into out-of-school programs offered by nonprofit orgs

By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that $16.4 million will be spread amongst 113 nonprofit organizations to expand opportunities beyond what schools offe...

Hidden Spaces: Sandtown-Buzzard Roost

Driving down Cascade Road towards I-285 from the West End community, most would not realize that this area of Fulton County was once one of the largest native settlements in the state of Georgia. Originally named “Oktahatalofa and Sulecauga,&#...

Survivor lodges $50 million lawsuit against Walmart, says complaints about manager were ignored

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com It’s been a little over a week since 31-year-old Walmart employee Andre Bing entered his Chesapeake, Virginia store with a 9mm handgun and killed 6 of his c...

Burlington stores announces 16th annual coat drive to those in need nationwide

Burlington Stores announced its 16th annual Burlington Coat Drive in partnership with the national non-profit organization Delivering Good. Now through Dec. 24, Burlington customers are invited to donate a new or gently worn coat at their local s...

High Tea and Grand Luxury at the Tennessean Hotel

Make this a memorable holiday with High Tea at the exquisite Tennessean Hotel. It is located next to the World’s Fair Park, along the banks of the Tennessee River, in downtown Knoxville. Southern hospitality welcomes guests as they step into luxury....

Elon Musk vicariously publishes internal emails from Twitter's Hunter Biden laptop drama

(Yahoo) Elon Musk reminded his followers on Friday that owning Twitter now means he controls every aspect of the company — including what its employees said behind closed doors before he took over.Earlier this week, Musk teased the release of what he...

Dejounte Murray scores 34 as the short-handed Atlanta Hawks beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109

Dejounte Murray scored 34 points, rookie A.J. Griffin tied a career high with 24 subbing for injured Trae Young and the short-handed Atlanta Hawks beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. “I think we just showed how deep we are,” Mu...

Religious, community leaders hold prayer vigil to honor lives of those lost to gun violence

A candle light vigil in honor of Zyion Charles and Cameron Jackson took place on the 17th Street Bridge Friday, December 2. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice Bishop Dexter Johnson, Senior Pastor at Higher Ground Empowerment Center in Vine C...