Carlton Avery, a lifelong resident of Montgomery, Alabama, announced his campaign for City Council District 1. Citing his plans to help address education, crime, city infrastructure, and blight, Carlton Avery specifically outlined his past community involvement as a private citizen in helping bring positive change and improvements within these issues. “As a citizen of Montgomery,...
Handing Democrates Senate control Democrat Jon Ossoff has defeated Republican David Perdue in the Georgia runoff, The Associated Press said Wednesday, giving Democrats control of the U.S. Senate. “It is with humility that I thank the people of Georgia for electing me to serve you in the United States Senate,” Ossoff said earlier Wednesday. Perdue,...
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach. A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler. It...
(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...
Written by Dory Dearest, Image by Smooth Geek Photography I consider myself to be from the cities of the Civil Rights Movement. I was born in Montgomery, AL, and spent the majority of my life living there. However, the weekends of my childhood, and a couple of years of high school, were spent in Dallas...
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”)...
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...
Candidate for Montgomery County Commission (District 1) KK Middleton kicked off his campaign at Tours of Montgomery. KK Middleton’s Campaign Meet & Greet location was significant. Just doors down from Dr. Martin Luther Kings home located on S. Jackson Street, in Montgomery, AL. “Serious about helping to create a NEW Montgomery”, says Middleton, and comparing...
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...
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,...