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On Wednesday, the West End campus of Spelman College echoed with the laughter of young girls excited to paint a mural at summer camp. Perhaps as they worked with an array of colors, they imagined themselves one day returning to the bucolic surroundings as students at the storied women’s college themselves. Sparking HBCU attendance in […]

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While many doulas are women, one man is working to change the narrative about who can support families during childbirth. Sylvester Pierce, 44, operates a doula business called Younity Birthwork, where he provides services ranging from childbirth education, postpartum care, and more.   “Doulas are there for the emotional, spiritual, and physical support of birthing parents. […]

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Anthony Pearson

Fraternity members and HBCU alum are mourning the loss of Anthony Pearson after his fatal shooting on Sunday. And now they want to help a young girl who lost her father. A day of fellowship and brotherhood turned into tragedy when a masked man opened fire at a Kappa Alpha Psi picnic over the weekend, […]

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On a quiet stretch of White and Lawton streets, in southwest Atlanta, there’s no marker. No sign. Just a patch of sidewalk, cars passing, and weeds curling from a cracked curb that offers no clues to its past.  But in the summer of 1911, this is where Lizzie Watts was found — her throat slashed, […]

The post History Beneath Our Feet: Atlanta’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods Hold Haunting Stories of 24 Murdered Black Women appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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Some friends hanging out and drinking in the sunshine while at a rooftop party event together.

Frederick Douglass delivered his historic speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in 1852, calling out the hypocrisy of the holiday designated to celebrate America’s freedom.  For some of us, this message still resonates today. So with the long weekend coming up, Capital B Atlanta rounded up some super Black events to […]

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Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon speaks at the March On For Voting Rights in 2021.

Over the weekend, 30-year-old Adriana Smith was finally laid to rest after months on life support. Family and friends celebrated the young mother’s life at Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia by sharing memories of Smith’s kind spirit, while also expressing concerns about the circumstances surrounding her medical care. “It’s awful what’s happened to this family,” […]

The post Proposed ‘Adriana’s Law’ Would Override Georgia’s Abortion Ban appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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Garrett Rolfe, the police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in 2020, is back in the news after a bar fight on Sunday. And people are now demanding accountability from Atlanta’s mayor. Witnesses at X Midtown club described a chaotic scene to police where Rolfe reportedly punched one of the club’s workers four times.  […]

The post Calls for Mayor to Act After Witnesses Say Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Punched Club Worker appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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Garrett Rolfe, the police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in 2020, is back in the news after a bar fight on Sunday. And people are now demanding accountability from Atlanta’s mayor. Witnesses at X Midtown club described a chaotic scene to police where Rolfe reportedly punched one of the club’s workers four times.  […]

The post Calls Grow for Atlanta Mayor to Act After Witnesses Claim Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Punched Club Worker appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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On a quiet stretch of White and Lawton streets, in southwest Atlanta, there’s no marker. No sign. Just a patch of sidewalk, cars passing, and weeds curling from a cracked curb that offers no clues to its past.  But in the summer of 1911, this is where Lizzie Watts was found — her throat slashed, […]

The post History Beneath Our Feet: Atlanta’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods Hold Haunting Stories of 24 Murdered Black Women appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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Some friends hanging out and drinking in the sunshine while at a rooftop party event together.

Frederick Douglass delivered his historic speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in 1852, calling out the hypocrisy of the holiday designated to celebrate America’s freedom.  For some of us, this message still resonates today. So with the long weekend coming up, Capital B Atlanta rounded up some super Black events to […]

The post 10 Super Black Events to Enjoy July 4th Weekend in Atlanta appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon speaks at the March On For Voting Rights in 2021.

Over the weekend, 30-year-old Adriana Smith was finally laid to rest after months on life support. Family and friends celebrated the young mother’s life at Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia by sharing memories of Smith’s kind spirit, while also expressing concerns about the circumstances surrounding her medical care. “It’s awful what’s happened to this family,” […]

The post Proposed ‘Adriana’s Law’ Would Override Georgia’s Abortion Ban appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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On a quiet stretch of White and Lawton streets, in southwest Atlanta, there’s no marker. No sign. Just a patch of sidewalk, cars passing, and weeds curling from a cracked curb that offers no clues to its past.  But in the summer of 1911, this is where Lizzie Watts was found — her throat slashed, […]

The post History Beneath Our Feet: Atlanta’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods Hold Haunting Stories of 24 Murdered Black Women appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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