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Black Atlantans experienced redlining and were prevented from buying homes in most Atlanta neighborhoods during the 1940s and ...
By Genia Billingsley, Community Journalist Grove Park residents are once again grappling with the loss of a beloved neighborhood business. Bankhead Seafood, a community staple recently revived by ...
Thank you to everyone who joined Canopy Atlanta and Refuge Coffee Co. to celebrate the stories, cultures, and people that ...
By Audrey Hamm, Intern Thursday, June 19, 2025 Refuge Coffee, Clarkston, GA About 25 members of the Clarkston community gathered at Refuge Coffee for good food, shopping from Amani’s Women Center, and ...
This is a weekly feature called Community Notebook, filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work. Canopy Atlanta Fellows and other community ...
Come meet Artist Sean Haynes and learn about the artwork and process behind Journey of the Spirit: The Multi-Dimensional Artistry of Sean Haynes. Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with ...
At the same time, Southern hip-hop was achieving massive mainstream success. In 1998, No Limit Records — whose roster included Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, Mia X and Mystikal — was on its way to ...
Canopy Atlanta asked the Bankhead and Grove Park community members about the journalism they wanted to see about their communities, and this story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also ...
“Being able to get out in nature and take it all in can be even healthier than going to the gym,” said one such resident, a fitness instructor and YouTuber (HangTightwMarcie).She regularly walks the ...
This story was produced in partnership with WABE. DorMiya Vance, one of the reporters on this story, is a Report for America Fellow covering metro Atlanta’s southside communities, including South ...