To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. With a company mantra of “Building a Better Environment, Building a Better Community,” The Dragon Group wants to put Atlanta at the forefront of green innovation in the construction space. Launched in 2014, married co-founders Yvonne and Randall […]
Angela Burt-Murray
Angela Burt-Murray is Capital B Atlanta's editor
Posted inBlack Businesses, Health
How One Mom Turned Trap Spin Class Into Atlanta’s Hottest Gym
To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. Having built a cult following for her weekly sold-out cycling sessions where participants moved and grooved to trap music while pedaling their hearts out, Clarisse “Risse” Frazier knew she was onto something special. And now, the 45-year-old mother […]
Posted inBlack Businesses
This Atlanta Co-Working Space Helps Black Women Entrepreneurs Scale and Succeed
To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. Anthony Gee knows Black women are good for business. The CEO and founder of Koncept House, a co-working space in Castleberry Hill, launched his company because he saw an unmet need to serve small businesses in Atlanta. And […]
Posted inArts, Black Businesses
Award-Winning Publisher Creates Joyful Stories for Black Children
To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. Denene Millner knew there was a problem when she saw there were more children’s books about animals than there were stories featuring Black people. And so the six-time New York Times bestselling author, who has penned books for […]
Posted inHigher Education
Billionaire Who Paid Off $34M in Morehouse Student Loans Plans to Help Others
In a moment that instantly went viral in 2019, Morehouse commencement speaker Robert F. Smith surprised graduates at the 135th ceremony with the news that he would be paying off all their student loans. Now Smith, in partnership with Live Nation Urban and the city of Atlanta, wants to help even more HBCU students struggling […]
Posted inHistory
Stone Mountain Controversy: Georgia Moves to Dismiss Confederate Suit Over Slavery Exhibit
A Confederate soldiers group that filed a lawsuit last month to stop a “truth telling” exhibit from opening at Stone Mountain Park were dealt a blow by Georgia’s attorney general. The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed the lawsuit against the state park, saying officials broke state law by planning an exhibit […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Incarceration, Politics & Policy
Largest ICE Facility Planned at Georgia Private Prison With Deadly Record
While much of the outrage over the rising number of immigration detention facilities is focused on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” Georgia is quietly working on building the largest ICE facility in the country, thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Charlton County, located 10 miles from the Florida border and 274 miles […]
Posted inLGBTQ, Politics & Policy
‘I’m Leading With Hope’: Atlanta’s New LGBTQ Affairs Lead Champions Trans People and Health Equity
Just over one month into his new role as Atlanta’s head of LGBTQ Affairs, Dewayne R. Queen is developing a vision that supports various groups by working with city partners and local organizations. But he knows it won’t be easy. While Atlanta is often viewed as a welcoming and progressive place, many are grappling with […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Public Safety
After Mass Shooting, Atlanta Launches New Safety Measures in Sweet Auburn
Last Monday, a mass shooting on Edgewood Avenue left 11 people injured, one man dead, and Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood reeling. In response to increased pressure from the neighborhood planning unit, the city on Aug. 4 released its Coordinated Safety & Compliance Measures on Edgewood Avenue plan with a list of actions to address safety […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Football, Family, Friendship: Morehouse Teammate Talks about Grad Detained by ICE
After living in the U.S. for 25 years, Alex Maganda sits in an Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility in Texas. But his former Morehouse College teammate, Temitayo Agoro, hasn’t forgotten him. From his home in Florida, Agoro told Capital B Atlanta the two players, both from immigrant families, had a bond the moment they […]
