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Ex-Atlanta mayor's daughter shines at city's jazz festival

kunbitinuoye wrote 3 weeks ago: ATLANTA – When her father created the Atlanta Jazz Festival some 36 years ago, vocalist Alexan … more →

Tags: Atlanta, Entertainment, Music, Alexandra Jackson, atlanta, Atlanta Jazz Festival, jazz, mayor

Today's Atlanta Jazz Festival: A True Homecoming For A Royal Family Member

Michael Andre Adams wrote 3 weeks ago: For singer, composer, arranger–Alexandra Jackson, a woman of amazing outer and inner beauty, t … more →

Tags: Destinations In My World (Domestic), People In My World, Alexandra Jackson, Atlanta, Live Music, Michael Andre Adams, Piedmont Park, The Atlanta Jazz Festival, Traveling In My World

"No More" Say Critics of Obama's Morehouse Speech23 comments

Jeff Winbush wrote 3 weeks ago: “Okay, enough encouragement. Here comes the scolding.” The president is invited to give … more →

Tags: Rantology, Barack Obama, African-American, Thurgood Marshall, Ohio State University, Ta-Neshi Coates, Morehouse College, morehouse, George Washington Carver

Tool Vocalist John Maynard Keynes Leaving Band; Plans To Become A Yorkshire Terrier11 comments

Keith Spillett wrote 3 weeks ago: Citing fears of inflation and the dollar’s weakness against foreign currency, Tool vocalist John May … more →

Tags: General weirdness, New York, john maynard keynes, David Ricardo, Maynard G. Krebs, New York Yankees, Keynes, Niall Ferguson, Tool

President Obama Gives Commencement Address At Morehouse College

Staff wrote 1 month ago: via:blackchristiannews President Obama told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country … more →

Tags: News, Atlanta, HBCU, Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse College, President Barack Obama, Spike Lee, commencement speech, filmmaker spike lee

Oakland Cemetery

petishb wrote 1 month ago: Last night I went on a motor cycle ride through Oakland Cemetery and I must say it was the perfect w … more →

Tags: Just For Fun, oakland, Oakland Cemetery, Gone with the Wind, Atlanta

Jazz Festival Press Conference

The Peach Review® wrote 2 months ago: On the evening of Thursday April 4, 2013, the annual Atlanta Jazz Festival officially kicked off! A … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Music, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Piedmont Park, jazz, Loews Hotel, GRETCHEN PARLATO, Tia Fuller, Kasim Reed

March 23 African American Historical Events

krlemmons wrote 2 months ago: Today in Black History – March 23 * 1784 – Tom Molineaux, who will become America’ … more →

Tags: African-American History, patricia roberts harris, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Moses Malone, Yvette Marie Stevens (Chaka Khan), Tom Molineaux

Coming soon The History of African American Lawyers in Atlanta

Brazil Travel Center wrote 6 months ago: Based on solid research in archives throughout Georgia and files of the black press of yesteryear, D … more →

Tags: doc hollywood, african american history courses, university history courses, doc hollywood publishing, Atlanta Georgia, Black lawyers, history of black lawyers, a.t. walden, Leroy Johnson

Maynard Jackson and Civil Rights in Georgia

GHS wrote 6 months ago: Title: Using news-film interviews and student-made skits to explore Civil Rights in Georgia Standard … more →

Tags: growing pains, SS8H11, Civil Rights, oral history, Interview, mayor, Atlanta

Thursday Open Thread | U.S. Democratic Mayors Week!66 comments

Ametia wrote 7 months ago: Today, 3 Chics features the late, great, Atlanta, GA. Mayor Maynard Jackson Best Known For Maynard J … more →

Tags: Atlanta Georgia, Deomcratic Mayors

October 16 African American Historical Events

krlemmons wrote 8 months ago: Today in Black History – October 16           * 1849 – George Washington Williams is bor … more →

Tags: African-American History, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, George Washington Williams, Charles L. Reason, John Mercer Langston, national medical association, Booker T. Washington, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Tommie Smith

A Solsticesisters Review: "What I Learned in Paris" by Pearl Cleage3 comments

solsticesisters wrote 9 months ago: This past weekend, I had the chance to go to the theatre—Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre—to see “What I L … more →

Tags: evening musings, happiness, Relationships, Women, Review, pearl cleage, What I Learned in Paris, Atlanta, Author

Cleezy Love the Kids....MJYF gala that I hosted.

kurtdeluxe wrote 9 months ago: I recently hosted the 20th annual Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation Gala in Atlanta. B.O.B. performed … more →

Tags: all in, Joe Clair, joecleezy, hip-hop, rap, black folks, B.O.B, Atlanta, High Museum

Atlanta's New International Terminal1 comment

jparker wrote 11 months ago: A couple of weeks ago, I finally had a chance to visit the new international terminal in Atlanta on … more →

Tags: Airlines, ATL, international terminal, Atlanta

I See Dead People (Oakland Cemetery - Atlanta, GA)2 comments

Nikki wrote 1 year ago: Well, not really but I did spend the afternoon at Oakland Cemetery.  ”This garden cemetery, fo … more →

Tags: Atlanta, Georgia, united states, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Blog, History, ivan allen, Joel Hurt, Margaret Mitchell

High hopes for the Class of 2012 -- and hope for the planet

Fran Johns wrote 1 year ago: If it’s June, this must be graduation. A ritual ending/beginning that most of us experience once or … more →

Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Graduation, class of 2012, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Vernon Jordan, David T Howard High School, Walt Frazier, Golden Rule

Delta Flight to Tokyo-Narita to be First to Depart Concourse F at Atlanta's New Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal.

LinkyBird wrote 1 year ago: Delta Boeing 747-400 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) flight 295 to Tokyo-Narit … more →

Tags: Airline, From LinkedIN, New York Stock Exchange, Narita International Airport, Delta Air Lines, Dublin, Atlanta, hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport, Maynard H. Jackson

African American History: Political and Social Gains

egrejeen wrote 1 year ago: Despite obstacles, African Americans made political gains. By organizing at the state and local leve … more →

Tags: History, Government, Democratic, African-American, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, United States Senate, Congressional Black Caucus, African American History: Political and Social Gains, Colin Powell


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