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Meet the disruptors inspiring Black communities to change the environment – and the world

How four Atlanta-based leaders are bringing diversity to environmental justice.
Diamond Spratling is the founder and CEO of Girl Plus Environment, a nonprofit organization that engages and empowers Black and brown girls to get involved in climate change and environmental issues.
Diamond Spratling is the founder and CEO of Girl Plus Environment, a nonprofit organization that engages and empowers Black and brown girls to get involved in climate change and environmental issues. (Michael Dominick Fortunato)
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Keyatta Mincey Parker is planting seeds of community for Atlanta bartenders

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

UATL is launching '404ward,' a series recognizing people moving Atlanta and Black culture forward. The first story is about Atlanta-born bartender Keyatta Mincey Parker.

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Meet the Black Pilates instructors and studio owners bringing diversity to Atlanta’s fitness scene

In recent years, a number of Black-owned Pilates studios and instructors have entered the Atlanta market in an effort to meet growing demand.

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Meet the Atlanta-based content creator who plans to take over Twitch

With a combined 4 million followers on Twitch, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, Atlanta content creator Brooklyn Frost is ready for the spotlight.

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Jasmine Crowe-Houston went from running a cupcake truck to helping the hungry

Jasmine Crowe-Houston has garnered this attention and acclaim all just for doing good. Here's how she went from running cupcake truck to founding Goodr.

He’s made a career out of toys, now this product developer wants to revolutionize them for Black kids

The creator is participating in the three-day toy festival in Duluth.

The Library Dads invite fathers to begin new chapters with their children

Hosted twice a month across different Fulton County library branches, the Library Dads’ link-ups feature 90 minutes of “bonding, books and brotherhood.”

Atlanta poet W.J. Lofton explores Black queer identity in new poetry book

The Atlanta-based artist's third collection of poetry, “boy maybe,” takes readers on an emotional roller coaster exploring grief, love, police brutality and Black culture.

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Rapper Trinidad James brings ‘Hommewrk’ apparel shop to Underground Atlanta

The ‘All Gold Everything’ rapper opens retail space in the former home of an Underground Atlanta sneaker shop where he worked.

How an Atlanta-born songwriter helped Beyoncé and Doechii win Grammys

How an Atlanta-born songwriter contributed to Grammy-winning success for Beyonce and Doechii.

How Atlanta Life Insurance Co. created the Black middle class

Ludacris works to make Clayton County school a top spot for arts education

The star entertainer visited the Utopian Academy for the Arts to kick off an effort to help students explore their creative side.

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H.J. Russell helped build Atlanta. His family is expanding that legacy

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Despite challenges, Georgia’s Black architects make their mark on Atlanta

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This Atlanta-based historian is on a mission to make fashion more diverse

With new book and publishing house, Shelby Ivey Christie wants children to know about the likes of Dapper Dan and June Ambrose

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‘Photo Griot’: Sue Ross has chronicled Black Atlanta’s ‘regular family people’

Susan Ross, a lifelong photographer and self-described activist, has spent five decades capturing the profound impact of Black culture and civil rights in Atlanta.

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How Chef Darryl Evans created a legacy of Black culinary excellence in Atlanta

Though he passed away in 2014 at the relatively young age of 52, culinary pioneer Darryl Evans’ legacy continues today through chefs and colleagues he worked under, mentored a...

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Credit: Jason Getz

After 37 years, Atlanta’s OG graffiti crew resurfaces

Operating in the early 1980s when graffiti was a bad word, United Kings was the city’s first graffiti crew.

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