First-time Nigerian-British filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr is the director, co-writer and executive producer of 'My Father's Shadow,' an award-winning film about fatherhood.

Georgia lawmakers raced through Crossover Day, but HB 809 never made it to a vote. We need more research to improve road safety — or do we just have a need for speed?

As the circle of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest allies grows smaller, the former mayor nears a milestone birthday still traveling, speaking and remembering.

The "It's UATL" podcast discusses the latest in Black culture, including this week, a look at "Sinners" and its chances for success at the Oscars.

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Ahead of Sunday's Oscars ceremony, Black Atlanta writers and filmmakers explain why “Sinners,” with its 16 nominations, was able to crack the Academy Awards’ ceiling.

The male cast members on CBS' primarily Black soap opera address representation in daytime scripted television.

One of hip-hop's first Renaissance men shares recollections in his new memoir. He'll be in Atlanta Thursday to promote it and show his classic hip-hop film "Wild Style."

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a strategist in the Southern voting rights movement.

Now that the Rev. Jesse Jackson has passed, America needs leaders who will pick up the mantle of fighting for diversity, equity and inclusion like he did.