Black Mecca Business

Atlanta built a mecca for Black businesses, but inequality persists

Atlanta has a seeming abundance of Black millionaires and businesses, but researchers say it is a city that’s deeply unequal.
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UATL Ride With OutKast

Can we take you on a funky ride? Your guide to Outkast’s Atlanta

A list of Atlanta landmarks and locations mentioned in the Grammy-winning hip-hop duo's songs.

A view of the Smith Plantation in Roswell on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Descendants of Georgia enslaved people wrestle with legacies of surviving plantations

Georgia’s surviving plantations are places of memory and reckoning for Black families tracing their roots and reclaiming their history.

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Slutty Vegan landlord seeks nearly $90K in alleged late rent, lawsuit says

A prominent Atlanta landlord is suing the ownership of Slutty Vegan and sister concept The Morning After for unpaid rent, shortly after the company went through restructuring.

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More than mentors: Why Black boys thrive when they see Black men in power

Arian Simone, founding partner and CEO of the Fearless Fund, center, talks with Slutty Vegan owner Pinky Cole at the Marie Claire Power Play summit at the St. Regis in Buckhead on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Ben Gray for the AJC)
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A year after settling anti-DEI suit, Fearless Fund expands its mission

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Founders of Black History Month bring annual conference to Atlanta

SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice

Reproductive rights group reminds Black community to ‘take the chains off’

Black Mecca Business

Atlanta built a mecca for Black businesses, but inequality persists

How the Atlanta Dream is building culture and community

Hard hat tour of NCCHR
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Revamped Civil and Human Rights Center expands our understanding of Reconstruction

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Amid federal pressure, Atlanta forced to evaluate vaunted contract diversity goals

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Driskell Prize honors 20 years of recognizing Black art history

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‘It’s UATL’ podcast: Is the Black family reunion dying?