404ward

UATL launches 404ward series, celebrating Atlantans influencing the future of Black culture

Series’ first feature profiles award-winning Atlanta bartender Keyatta Mincey Parker
April 19, 2025

Atlanta is a city full of Black superheroes.

They’re all around the metro area, and they’re not hiding by any means. We see them outside all the time, doing extraordinary things that bolster Atlanta’s reputation for fostering Black excellence.

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UATL senior editor Mike Jordan introduces 404ward, a signature series recognizing people and brands moving Atlanta and Black culture forward. Credit: AJC|Getty

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Keyatta Mincey Parker poses for portrait at Paradise Gardens in Atlanta on April 10, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)
Keyatta Mincey Parker poses for portrait at Paradise Gardens in Atlanta on April 10, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

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ExploreKeyatta Mincey Parker is planting seeds of community for Atlanta bartenders

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About the Author

Mike Jordan is senior editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black culture brand, UATL. A longtime culture journalist, his work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, National Geographic, Rolling Stone and others. Jordan won the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award and was a 2023 finalist.