2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (695+ words) Tulsa was placed under martial law after Greenwood, the prosperous Black neighborhood commonly known as Black Wall Street, was attacked in 1921. After a Black teenage shoeshiner was accused of assaulting a white, teenage female elevator operator in a hotel, a…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (944+ words) Forty-eight years ago, several Black music professionals came together to challenge white (mostly male) executives to prioritize equity and inclusion in the music business. Record producer Kenny Gamble, radio personalities Edward Wright and Dyana Williams formed the Black Music Association,…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (530+ words) In "Aunt Gussie," a 1996 acrylic and collage portrait of a woman clutching the umbrella she carried "rain or shine," Washington layered Aunt Gussie on top of an old insurance policy to fuse personal history with the collective story of Black…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (458+ words) It was more than a basketball game. For folks inside the sold-out State Farm Arena on Sunday, the Atlanta Dream's home opener against the defending-champion Las Vegas Aces felt like something else....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (579+ words) Amy Sherald: American Sublime" has opened at the High Museum of Art, bringing together the largest exhibition yet of the Georgia-born artist whose portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama helped make her one of the most recognizable painters in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (526+ words) Age ain't nothing but a number for Seniors on the Runway. Since 2006, the event, which kicked off at Atlanta Fashion Week, has operated with a mission to redefine conventions around beauty and aging. Folks over the age of 55 get professional…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (191+ words) uatl. com Georgia is aging fast, but these seniors are keeping pace on the runway Heels, glam, and runway walks just like any fashion show. Except every model here is over 50. For 20 years, Seniors on the Runway has brought older…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (901+ words) Twenty-eight years ago, Brianne Drake had no idea helping people find homes would make history. It was 1998, and Drake was working as an account executive for Bell South. She felt unfulfilled by the job and decided to transition....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1070+ words) For painter Amy Sherald, the final stop of the national tour for "American Sublime," the largest presentation of her work, feels a bit like a homecoming. The exhibition arrives at Atlanta's High Museum of Art this month. A native of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (188+ words) uatl. com Sisterhood and success, meet Spelman's seven valedictorians Seven seniors at Spelman College are graduating as valedictorians " each earning a perfect 4. 0 GPA and making history as the largest group of valedictorians in the college's history. Known as "The Spelman…...