To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. With a passion for all things beautiful and a background in sales and business development, Melody Vaughn has built a stellar reputation for interior design. As the principal designer and owner at the eponymous design and renovation firm […]
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Atlanta Entrepreneur Reclaims Neighborhood with Faith-Based Food System
To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. Shawn DeAngelo Walton is a proud resident of Ashview Heights in southwest Atlanta. Growing up, Walton often saw drug dealers posted on each corner of his neighborhood. But they never tried to pull him into that life — […]
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Free Back-to-School Supplies: Where To Get Everything From Binders To Backpacks
Back-to-school shopping means hitting the stores for notebooks, pencils, backpacks, binders, rulers, calculators, and more. And for cash-strapped shoppers, the prices can add up quickly, putting a dent in parents’ pockets. Adding to the financial pressures many face are concerns over rising inflation and President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. In an Intuit Credit Karma survey […]
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This Nurse’s Tiny House Clinic Is Reimagining Black Mental Health Care
In a state where mental health care access can be limited, especially for Black communities, one nurse is serving Black Atlantans in an unconventional way – by running a clinic on wheels. Psychiatric nurse practitioner Joanne Patterson launched a virtual practice in 2019 and served over 6,000 patients during the past six years. But after […]
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Summer Fun: Spelman and Morehouse Alums Create HBCU Summer Camps for Underserved Kids
On Wednesday, the West End campus of Spelman College echoed with the laughter of young girls excited to paint a mural at summer camp. Perhaps as they worked with an array of colors, they imagined themselves one day returning to the surroundings as students at the storied women’s college. Sparking HBCU attendance in young children […]
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10 Super Black Events to Enjoy July 4th Weekend in Atlanta
Frederick Douglass delivered his historic speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in 1852, calling out the hypocrisy of the holiday designated to celebrate America’s freedom. For some of us, this message still resonates today. So with the long weekend coming up, Capital B Atlanta rounded up some super Black events to […]
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What Father’s Day Is Like When You’ve Lost Your Son
On the first Father’s Day since losing his 17-year-old son, Kenneth Collier Sr. said he plans to surround himself with family and love on what he knows will be a difficult day. “Kenn’s mom was murdered when he was 10, so after that I was raising him as a single dad,” Collier said about his […]
