KeishaForGovernor.com October 21, 2026 – Atlanta, Georgia – The Keisha for Governor campaign held a community support town hall at Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, drawing a packed audience. The event featured a conversation with Keisha Lance Bottoms and special guest, actress Kerry Washington. Opening remarks were delivered by former Atlanta Mayor Shirley C. Franklin and Congresswoman Nikema Williams. During her remarks, Williams emphasized the importance of the upcoming election and the value of representation within the community. Featured guest Kerry Washington shared with the audience the story of her…
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By Dr. Georgianne Thomas (Civil Rights Activist, Creator and Co-Executive Producer) and Reverend Alvelyn Sanders Swafford (Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Director, and Producer) Foot Soldiers: Class of 1964 Honors the Young Women Who Helped Carry the Movement — New Interdisciplinary Academic Book Coming Soon Atlanta, Georgia – The Atlanta Student Movement began in early 1960 when students from the six historically Black institutions of the Atlanta University Center organized to challenge racial segregation and discrimination in Atlanta. Inspired by the Greensboro sit-ins, Morehouse College students Lonnie King, Joseph Pierce, and Julian…
ABL 42nd Annual Super Tuesday Conference Tuesday, October 20, 2026 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Atlanta Marriott Marquis 265 Peachtree Center Avenue NE Atlanta, Georgia 30303-7402 “One Great Day – Power Requires Action”
By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney Communications (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a nationally renowned scholar, public intellectual and cultural critic, has urged an audience of HBCU students to use their historically Black college education to continue the “unfinished fight” by impacting and transforming America. “HBCUs are critical. They still produce most Black people who are educated in America. Right now, despite Harvard and Yale and Princeton and all of them, we got Morehouse, we got Spellman, we got Talladega, we got Livingstone, we got Tuskegee. They still produce…
“Anti-Human and Anti-Civil Rights” The Anti-Civil Rights Anti-Human Rights Era America is in a full-blown Anti-Civil Rights, Anti-Human Rights era. This is a time not unlike 1877 – 1954. A time when racism was legal, powerful and popular. Churches made it the center of their worship. It was the center of education from Kindergarten to University. It ruled the workplace…It was the religion of Western Civilization. It ruled the military from Boot Camp to West Point. During this above era, most of our HBCU’s were born. Black fraternities and sororities…
You deserve professionalism, exemplary services, accountability, responsiveness, and responsible stewardship. Dr. Jodi Merriday (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to represent the county’s District 3 in Georgia, which includes all of Buckhead and parts of both Sandy Springs and Midtown. There are four other Democratic candidates and two Republican candidates, in the field running for the seat. Merriday is one of five Democratic candidates running for the seat. There are claims that one of the Democratic candidates is a Republican in disguise, supporting…
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