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MLK service at Ebenezer
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At MLK celebration, Warnock channels King’s legacy to decry ICE raids

"If they can stop you and ask you to prove that you belong, all of us are in peril," says U.S. senator from Georgia, who serves as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

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Hosea Williams at 100: A civil rights legacy lives on through service

On MLK Day, Hosea Helps will mark the centennial of one of King’s closest aides with thousands of meals, plus health screenings, job readiness help and food program enrollment

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Rustin Lorde Community Breakfast celebrates 25th anniversary on MLK Day

The Rustin Lorde Community Breakfast celebrates 25 years of uniting community organizers and members of the Black LGBTQ+ community to recognize two activists on MLK Day.

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There won't be a Peach Drop this year, but there will always be New Year's resolutions. What are yours? (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)
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‘It’s UATL podcast’: Looking back at the year in Black culture

The 'It’s UATL' podcast hosts talk New Year's resolutions.

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Why social media feels like it’s reading your mind

Media literacy influencer Kelsey Russell joins the "It’s UATL" podcast to explain how algorithms shape what we see and why print helped her take back control.

An undated image demonstrates a squat, a great exercise for building lower body strength, and can be done with a chair to start, and with hand weights as you progress over the long-term. (Gritchelle Fallesgon/The New York Times)
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‘It’s UATL’ podcast: Keeping a positive body image

In the latest episode of the “It’s UATL” podcast, hosts Najja Parker, Nedra Rhone and DeAsia Paige talk about what it means to have a positive body image.

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Brandon “Brannu” Fulton
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‘Urban Horseman’ defies odds to bring horse culture to Atlanta

Brandon Fulton is known across Atlanta as the “Urban Horseman,” often seen riding his horses through city streets.

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In the age of AI, MLK Jr. has a disturbing new life. His family wants it stopped.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s heirs want to stop the digital manipulation of his voice and image in unflattering videos made with AI technology.

Atlanta Mayor Dickens unveils new equity efforts to uplift residents, equity, an Inclusion.
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Atlanta officials quietly rebrand city’s DEI office

The city of Atlanta office overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion is getting a rebrand amid assaults at the federal level on such initiatives.

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Rejoice during Black History Month with these essential reads

100 years of Black history

Black history at 100: Five years that changed Atlanta

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Kelly Rowland and Method Man bring hope and faith to Black love stories

A trio of salads by Mike Jordan. (Mike Jordan/AJC)
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Here’s why I’ve eaten a salad every day since August and what I’ve learned

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She’s ready to move Alvin Ailey boldly forward

(3-11 Feb 1984) --- Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, 41-B mission specialist, doubles as 'director' for a movie being 'produced' aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. McNair’s name tag ('Cecil B. McNair') and beret and slate are all humorous pro

Ronald McNair and the day the future broke

Last Dispatch From Black Mecca

Is Atlanta still America’s Black mecca? Here’s what we found.

A house stands in the Hogg Hummock community of Sapelo Island, Georgia. Its Gullah Geechee residents are descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to the barrier island to work plantations in the 1800s. (Justin Taylor for the AJC)
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Sapelo Island to stay ‘Geechee’: McIntosh Commission to bend on zoning law

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Morehouse grad to debut comedy pilot ‘FreeLance’ at Sundance Film Festival

Historians panic Mimosa Hall redevelopment fades Black history

Activists concerned Roswell’s project will disregard Black history