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Reimagining the work of W.E.B. Du Bois for a new century
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (500+ words) At the turn of the 20th century, W.E.B. Du Bois boarded a ship to Paris aiming to prove that Black Americans, newly freed and fiercely determined, could be measured not by caricature but by data, dignity, beauty and achievement. More than a…...
‘It’s UATL’: Black history you didn’t get in school
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (436+ words) One thing about Black History Month that'll always be true: There are more stories to be told than days available to tell them. For the past 11 years, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution " led by senior reporter Ernie Suggs " has worked across our…...
Ebenezer Baptist Church awarded $100,000 preservation grant
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (869+ words) Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will receive a $100,000 preservation grant as part of a new $13.5 million national effort to sustain historic Black churches. The grant, announced Tuesday by the National Trust…...
Atlanta’s hip-hop historian Nuface preserves decades of rap culture
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (204+ words) Atlanta's hip-hop historian Nuface preserves decades of rap culture'uatl.com Atlanta's hip-hop historian Nuface preserves decades of rap culture Atlanta's hip-hop history lives in the hands of one collector. Known across the city as Nuface, he's spent decades preserving memorabilia…...
How Nuface became Atlanta’s unofficial hip-hop historian
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (1491+ words) At first glance, it seems out of place. In a 1,000-square-foot room packed with hip-hop memorabilia, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, cassettes, clothes, ticket stubs, vinyl, bobbleheads and posters, there's a Playskool "Dapper Dan" doll from the 1970s....
Georgia Tech scholar brings writer Octavia E. Butler to new audiences
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (876+ words) Susana Morris remembers searching for science fiction and fantasy novels written by writers of color. It was 1996 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. Morris was regularly catching the bus to public libraries across Broward County. As she walked through aisles and read…...
Curtis Mayfield turns Atlanta and Blackness into music for classic films
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1119+ words) Throughout the 1960s, Curtis Mayfield achieved success as a songwriter, producer, guitarist and lead singer of R&B vocal group the Impressions. The Chicago-based trio became popular with romantic ballads "I'm So Proud" and "It's All Right." Their songs "People Get…...
‘It’s UATL’ podcast Season 2 has arrived
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (582+ words) Your ear to Black culture in Atlanta and beyond is back. Just in time for Black History Month, AJC Podcasts just released the Season 2 premiere of "It's UATL." The weekly show is hosted by reporters Nedra Rhone, Najja Parker and…...
Atlanta in Black and white: A century of becoming
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1405+ words) As we mark the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, we returned to the archives to see what they might reveal....
My love for Black Barbie is an ode to my ancestors
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1451+ words) Family lore has noted the no-nonsense nature of my maternal great-grandmother Sarah. Older cousins and aunties have sworn about the tight ship she ran on her southeastern Kentucky farm. Born in 1886 and with no more than a third-grade education, Sarah…...