By: Editorial Team, inCity Magazine In a society often accused of adopting tech lingo with abandon, “disruptive” emerges as a term both feared and revered. Yet in the context of judicial offices, we rarely hear it. Meet Vickie Gipson, the newly appointed Chief Judge of the Anne Arundel County Orphans’ Court. Here is a person...
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31-Year old becomes youngest black lawyer to open an office on the southside of Chicago.
Attorney Shymane Robinson, founder, and CEO of True Lawyer, is now the youngest Black lawyer to have a law firm office on the Southside of Chicago. At just 31-years old, she now has two offices in the city for her real estate and trademark law firm that helps transform black communities. Her firm is also the...
How Kim Kardashian helps innocent black prisoners is a problem
Kim Kardashian has no doubt been a major asset in bringing national attention to prison reform and wrongful convictions in the Black community and has been very successful in negotiating the release of several inmates from prison. However, her method must be constructively critiqued. Although she does seem to sincerely care about the people that...
THE ‘PURPOSE RESUSCITATOR’ MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
MEET THE BLACK WOMAN HELPING INCARCERATED YOUTH AND MEN 16-24 TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS AND INVENTORS. Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Dr. Shanna Carter, known as “The Purpose Resuscitator,” has overcome many obstacles in her life but the reward of empowering and encouraging people, especially youth and incarcerated males, to use every gift, talent, and skills they have...
#Juneteenth2020: Take Action!
(Image in Header) Montgomery, AL Black Lives Matter painting around the fountain, where slaves were paraded around to be auctioned off. June 19, 2020 aka Juneteenth, celebrates 155 years of African American nationally commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Are African American’s REALLY Free? inCity Magazine has created a list of...
Part II: Modern Day Rosa L Parks
The Tenacity of Courage Article Written by Tamika Seals Robinson “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, when ignorance prevails and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass (from “Southern Barbarism”)...
Ahmaud Arbery: Gregory and Travis McMichael arrested, charged with murder
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Thursday night announced the arrests of Gregory and Travis McMichael in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery following a storm of public outcry after video of Arbery’s death was made public. The father and son were both charged with murder and aggravated assault, GBI said in a statement. They will be booked into...
Judge Calvin Williams talks about MLK, Serving with Excellence and being an Alpha Man
In today’s world, it seems like everyone and everything is accepting settling for less or mediocrity. The day’s of striving to be excellent, giving it all you got or just striving to be good are things of the past. The dictionary definition of excellence is “to surpass”, it is “the quality of being outstanding or...
Atlanta Area Organizations Call for Gun Legislation
Statement from the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, ADL, and GALEO Local Georgia organizations representing the ADL, Urban League of Greater Atlanta, and GALEO today issued a joint statement in reaction to the spate of gun violence and acts of domestic terrorism in the United States over the past eight days: We stand together in...
National Black Chamber of Commerce
This past week, the 27th Annual Convention of the National Black Chamber of Commerce took place at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta, GA at the Auburn. The Convention consisted of Receptions, Exhibits, Business Matchmaking and more. The Agenda consisted of sessions and panel discussions lead by industry professionals in the areas of Fashion,...