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In its ongoing commitment to promoting diversity and innovation in the tech industry, Google recently announced the opening of a new classroom annex at Morehouse College. This initiative comes on the heels of Google’s partnership with the UNCF last fall, where they contributed $1 million towards the construction of a new Student Center at the […]

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Photo: Getty Images The Senate is considering a bipartisan bill that would give Black Wall Street national monument status, ABC News reports. In 1921, Tulsa’s then-thriving Greenwood District, known by many as Black Wall Street, was destroyed by a white mob during a massacre that left an estimated 300 Black people dead and businesses and […]

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You’re invited to embark on a mesmerizing journey through the life and works of Sam Middleton, a pioneering mixed-media artist whose vibrant creations echoed the rhythms of Harlem jazz and the landscapes of Europe’s Low Countries. Born in New York in 1927, Middleton’s artistic odyssey transcended borders and he left an indelible mark on both […]

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Madison Crowell, an 18-year-old from Hinesville, Georgia, is set to embark on her college journey this fall at High Point University in North Carolina under a full tuition scholarship. What sets Crowell apart is not just her acceptance into college but the remarkable achievement of being accepted into 231 schools and awarded a total of $14.7 million […]

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Terra Morehead, a former prosecutor who helped frame an innocent Black man for a murder he didn’t commit, has agreed to surrender her law license and is set to be disbarred. According to KCUR, Morehead, who retired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas in August 2023, surrendered her license as part of an agreement with the […]

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Singer R. Kelly is being forced to come to terms with more than his criminal acts and convictions that have landed him behind bars. Kelly apparently has been living in another type of prison all of his life, one of illiteracy. The “Bump and Grind” hitmaker who has been sentenced to 30 years in prison […]

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State election rules now allow individuals to challenge an unlimited number of voters in the Nov. 8 general election, and they specify when and how eligibility can be challenged, and conservative election deniers are taking full advantage of the questionable practice to deny some voters the right to vote. Georgia voters are facing another very […]

The post White Conservatives Submit Names of Thousands of Black, Young and Unhoused Voters for Challenge first appeared on Atlanta Tribune.

The post White Conservatives Submit Names of Thousands of Black, Young and Unhoused Voters for Challenge appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.

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The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd got his day in court, but he will not get his day in the Supreme Court as he and his attorneys had hoped. Chauvin who was found guilty of kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes over a year ago, asked the Supreme […]

The post George Floyd’s Killer Derek Chauvin to Remain in Prison, No Appeal first appeared on Atlanta Tribune.

The post George Floyd’s Killer Derek Chauvin to Remain in Prison, No Appeal appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.

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Photo: GoFundMe A mother was denied the chance to witness the exhumation of her son after he was killed by an off-duty police officer in Jackson, Mississippi and buried without the family’s knowledge. On Monday (November 13), the body of Dexter Wade, 37, was exhumed at 8 a.m. at Hinds County Penal Farm, per WAPT. […]

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The post Mother Denied Chance to See Exhumation of Black Man Who Was Secretly Buried appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.

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Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Sues Conservative Group For Intimidating Voters Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight organization filed a lawsuit claiming that a conservative organization intimidated voters. According to court documents, Fair Fight says that Texas-based True the Vote came to Georgia to intimidate voters during the 2020 election. The organization announced it was challenging the eligibility […]

The post Stacey Abrams Fights For Voters In Court; Georgia District Lines Violated Voting Rights ActAtlanta Less Safe From Fires: ADW Top 5 Stories Of The Week first appeared on Atlanta Tribune.

The post Stacey Abrams Fights For Voters In Court; Georgia District Lines Violated Voting Rights ActAtlanta Less Safe From Fires: ADW Top 5 Stories Of The Week appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.

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Photo: Quintel Sumrall, the visionary entrepreneur behind ISeeCredit.com (Photo, BlackNews.com). By BlackNews.com In a historic milestone for the financial and technology sectors, Quintel Sumrall, the visionary entrepreneur behind ISeeCredit.com, has become the first African American to own a credit monitoring company. His groundbreaking venture is set to reshape the landscape of identity theft protection and credit monitoring services. In a […]

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis continues to face threats since indicting former President Donald Trump in August. While speaking with Fulton County leaders, Willis shared that she has received more threats and racial harassment. “(The threats) come in through my phone line, they come into the magistrate court, they come in through written letter, […]

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