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 […]
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Atlanta Legacy Lived Through Music
As 2025 comes to a close Capital B Atlanta reflects on the passing of an icon who left a lasting impression on music fans around the city. While most remember Malcolm-Jamal Warner for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, which ran from 1984-1992, many in Atlanta also know him as someone who […]
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Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour Inspires Black Women and LGBTQ+ Fans to Remix Patriotic Symbols
A photo gallery of concert attendees in Atlanta explores who gets to be called a patriot.
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Beyoncé. Boots. Brunch. 7 Atlanta Events Celebrating the Cowboy Carter Tour.
Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” tour has taken the country by storm, with social media feeds full of pics of chic western-inspired outfits, clips of Beyoncé’s performance and outtakes of her daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi stealing the show. Based on the Texas native’s personal connection to the hidden foundation of Black culture within country music, the […]
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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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Juneteenth 2025: Where to Go and What to Do Around Atlanta
It’s been four years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, and Black revelers in metro Atlanta are finding unique ways to mark the occasion. The annual commemoration of the day in 1865 when formerly enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned of Abraham’s Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation takes place on Thursday. Juneteenth celebrations in Atlanta, which […]
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Atlanta Pride Month 2025: June Events to Celebrate Black Queer Joy
In cities around the country, June is the designated month to honor the LGBTQ+ experience. But Atlanta — considered widely to be the Black gay mecca — moves to its own beat. Up until 2007, Atlanta’s annual celebration of queer identity and rights took place every June, a nod to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. […]
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A Morehouse student Was Lynched in 1930. Why the College Gave Him a Posthumous Degree.
I still remember the call from Allison Bantimba, former leader for the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition, a community remembrance project focused on healing and learning from the legacy of racial terror through reconciliation. Her voice carried the kind of reverence that comes when you’re about to be invited into sacred work. “We have another lynching […]
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Starting5: Adriana Smith’s Son, Fani Willis, Atlanta Carnival, and ‘Sinners’
Welcome to Starting5, your daily rundown of five ATL news items that should be on your radar or in your group chat. Our morning primer covering culture, politics, sports, and more, is your cheat sheet on what’s buzzing in the A. A Mother’s Wish: Family of Adriana Smith Wants to Preserve Pregnancy There’s a new […]
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Starting5: Shedeur Sanders Lawsuit, Rick Ross Car Show, HIV News, and Black Voter Plan
Welcome to Starting5, your daily rundown of five ATL news items that should be on your radar or in your group chat. Our morning primer covering culture, politics, sports, and more, is your cheat sheet on what’s buzzing in the A. Quarterback Sneak: Georgia Football Fan Sues NFL Over Shedeur Sanders Snub Shedeur Sanders was […]