MahoganyBooks is challenging this historic neighborhood to write a new chapter in community education and service by setting up shop in the four-year-old Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road.
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‘Maynard’: Film Review | Hollywood Reporter
Samuel D. Pollard’s documentary recounts the life and career of Maynard Jackson, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta.
View MoreMississippi’s bold new Civil Rights Museum offers unflinching view of US history | The Guardian
Jackson’s new Civil Rights Museum and its neighbour, the Museum of Mississippi History, have a joint launch on 9 December, in advance of a year of events across the south marking 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination.
View MoreWhy Celebrities Are Rallying Behind Cyntoia Brown, a Woman Spending Life in Prison | The New York Times
Cyntoia Brown, who has spent the past 13 years in prison, had no idea that she would suddenly gain the public support of an A-list parade of celebrities on Tuesday.
View MoreThis Young Man Is a Change Agent | Black Enterprise
Former high school student flips the rules by developing school-wide We Dine Together program.
View MoreThe Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What? | The New York Times Magazine
After more than three decades as a provocateur, the filmmaker has returned to the movie that made him famous.
View MoreDetroit: From Motor City to Housing Incubator | The New York Times
The 2008 financial crisis and 2013 city bankruptcy gutted Detroit’s housing market. Now, Detroit is experimenting with unorthodox ways to get people to buy homes and renovate houses that would be vacant otherwise.
View MoreGordon Parks: Legacy
A multi-media exhibition exploring the relationships between the works of Gordon Parks and the works of artists he inspired, collaborated with, and drew inspiration from.
View MoreThe Roots’ Black Thought Opens Up About Parent’s Murder and Overcoming Rage in New Interview | Atlanta Black Star
The Roots’ frontman Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter had it extremely difficult coming up since both of his parents were killed.
View MoreBlack Female Entrepreneur Nets $48 Million For Robotic Pizza Startup | NewsOne
Julia Collins says she wants her company Zume to make high-quality, affordable food accessible.
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