Georgia
Police probe Tyler Perry’s profiling claim
Atlanta police have launched an internal investigation into filmmaker Tyler Perry’s claim he was racially profiled by two white officers who pulled his car over, the police department said. Perry, one of America’s most successful film and television producers, posted a Facebook blog Sunday describing a tense encounter with police, which he suggested “could have [...]
Atlanta Teen Shot and Killed by Fake Police
Trayvon Martin, 17, was recently the victim of gunfire by a community watch volunteer, and now authorities are investigating a shooting in which two African-American security guards are said to have shot and killed 18-year-old Ervin Jefferson just minutes away from his home in metro Atlanta. Police have confirmed the young man was shot by [...]
Wealthy Black Couple Donates 100 Pieces of Art to Georgia Museum
The Georgia Museum of Art has received a hefty gift on behalf of a wealthy Black couple. Art lovers Brenda and Larry Thompson, who have amassed one of the country’s largest private collections of African-American art, are donating more than 100 works to the institution. The donation includes paintings, prints, and sculptures of well-known and [...]
Black student from North Augusta won’t hang Confederate flag
Byron Thomas has decided not to hang a Confederate flag in his dorm room window at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. The 2011 North Augusta High School graduate displayed the flag after Labor Day and took it down just before Thanksgiving, after he was asked to by campus officials because they received complaints. University [...]
Stars Flock to Atlanta, Reshaping a Center of Black Culture
Cynthia Bailey, arguably the most glamorous of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” shivered in a sleeveless red shift, microphone in hand. It was oddly cold, but the intrepid model carried on. She had a job to do: interviewing the talent that swaggered down the red carpet for the Soul Train Awards. All along the police [...]
