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December 8, 2009
Ballots cast in a tight Atlanta runoff race for mayor will be recounted at the request of the runner-up, who…
December 7, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - A city councilwoman who sought to become Atlanta's first white mayor in a generation is expected to…
December 4, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - When the final votes are counted, it's likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta's City Hall…
December 2, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- With a slim lead of 620 votes, a former state senator claimed victory in the race for…
November 30, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - The Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that's expected to break down largely along…
November 24, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington was jeered when he attended a memorial for Kathryn Johnston days after…
November 6, 2009
VIDEO - A man who moved to the U.S. from Africa is launching an extraordinary act of kindness...
November 6, 2009
VIDEO - While walking back towards the Spelman campus, Jasmine passed two groups of young men fighting. Jasmine's friend yelled,…
November 4, 2009
OPINION - Atlanta didn't end its high drama last night. Instead, election night proved to be one, juicy cliffhanger...
October 30, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Rev. Bernice King has been chosen to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father,…
October 13, 2009
OPINION - There are lessons from the King Family lawsuit we can learn as parents when leaving wealth to our…
October 13, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - After more than 14 hours of discussion, the heirs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reached…
October 8, 2009
VIDEO - In his latest film, Chris Rock tries to get to the root of why so many African American…
October 5, 2009
OPINION - It is becoming increasingly apparent that the lives of these Real Housewives are much more real than the…
October 3, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The former fiance of a cast member from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" died Friday night after…
September 23, 2009
VIDEO - Nakisha Miller knew what to do when the flood waters started rising Monday. She was in Mississippi when…
September 22, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - In a city where black history usually calls to mind the lives of civil rights leaders, a…
September 2, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The city that became a post-civil rights movement emblem of the political power held by African-Americans could…
September 1, 2009
VIDEO - For more than a century, historically black colleges and universities -- HBCUs -- have focused on educating the…
August 31, 2009
There is a couple in the city of Grant Park, near Atlanta, Georgia that has not only been burglarized once,…