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EXCLUSIVE: Bomb Biscuit leaving Old Fourth Ward for new location

Breakfast spot recognized by Michelin Guide and James Beard Foundation plans Grant Park relocation by June.
Vatican Pope
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RHONE: The pope is Black, maybe?

STEAM kits offered at Brown Toy Box.

Black-owned toy store opens downtown to help kids pick up STEAM

Shavon Wolfe fixes her horse Serenity’s mane before riding at a Cowboys and Creatives event in Winston on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Boots on the ground: Black trail rides are the new family reunion

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Black mecca math: How does Atlanta stack up? It’s complicated.

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Amanda Williams: We Say What Black This Is

February 7 – May 24, 2025
All day
350 Spelman Ln, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA
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We Say What Black This Is celebrates the diversity, resilience and depth of Blackness while challenging simplistic definitions of Black identity. The exhibition features works from Williams' series What Black is this, You Say?, created in response to the ‘Blackout Tuesday’ social media moment in 2020. The exhibit will include a new abstract painting by Williams and student-written didactic labels.  

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Sacred Spaces: The Legacy of Black Churches in Cherokee County

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NYC By Way of EAV > The Pub @ EAV's Bodega Bar Pop-Up

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469 Flat Shoals Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316, USA

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Soil Festival 2025

Soil Festival 2025

1115 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Northwest , Atlanta, GA 30318, USA

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Chattahoochee Food Works 4th Anniversary Celebration

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Food & Entertainment
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Atlanta hip-hop legend Rico Wade honored with monument in East Point

A monument honoring Rico Wade, co-founder of Organized Noize, now stands in East Point, celebrating his lasting impact on Atlanta's hip-hop scene.

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Poet and playwright Robert Earl Price blended words, music, memory

André 3000 drops new music, but with a new instrument

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Tina Knowles gets deep and personal ahead of Atlanta book tour stop

Fashion
Janelle Monae attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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PHOTOS: Met Gala theme showcases Black Dandy

Atlanta style icons join international fashion, beauty, music, film and sports stars on the Met Gala red carpet.

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So fresh and so clean: Why the Met Gala’s Black Dandyism theme matters

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2 Atlanta designers promote Caribbean culture through festivals, fashion line

After shaky social media debut, ‘404 Day!’ Adidas sneakers set to hit stores

Our Team
Black Mecca
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Is Atlanta still America’s Black mecca?

AJC’s Black culture franchise UATL will shed light on the reality (or mirage) behind this question monthly. Join the conversation. Credit: AJC/Getty

This Atlanta native and AJC senior reporter isn't so sure. Here's why

Have an opinion? We want to hear from you

HBCU Homecoming
Adrienne and Lorenz Willis first met as Freshman in 1986. They didn't start dating until 2018. Courtesy
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‘Spelhouse’ couples share stories of how they found love at homecoming

Two couples from Spelman and Morehouse share how their love story started at homecoming.

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Hollywood power couple helps Spelman celebrate completion of campus center

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Black royalty on campus: What it’s like to be an HBCU queen

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Georgia HBCUs enhance security as homecoming season heats up

Summer Guide
Five delicious summer events for traveling Black foodies
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Five delicious summer events for Atlanta’s traveling Black foodies

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UATL’s Black culture summer style guide

UATL’s summer reading list of great Black-authored books
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UATL’s summer reading list of great Black-authored books

Racist Playground Video-Viral Fundraiser
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RHONE: Why is this slur worth $750K and counting?

EXCLUSIVE: Popular restaurant Bomb Biscuit leaving Old Fourth Ward for new location

EXCLUSIVE: Bomb Biscuit leaving Old Fourth Ward for new location

Atl displacement
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New report maps decades-long racial shift in Atlanta neighborhoods

STEAM kits offered at Brown Toy Box.

Black-owned toy store opens downtown to help kids pick up STEAM

Hair Relaxers, L'Oriel
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Justices struggle with ‘awkward’ Georgia law in hair relaxer cases

Forever Young Gala at Woodruff Arts Center
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Five of Atlanta’s mayors gather to honor former Ambassador Andrew Young

Dr. F. DuBois Bowman
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Morehouse names public health leader F. DuBois Bowman as 13th president

Faye Wattleton: Champion for women’s rights and health care
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3 decades after Planned Parenthood, Faye Wattleton still fights for reproductive rights

Rico Wade Monument

‘It started all right here’: Rico Wade immortalized with East Point monument

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LeBron James enters Barbie's world in history-making fashion