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Honorary starter Lee Elder waves to the crowd Thursday morning as he is introduced during the ceremonial tee shot portion of the 2021 Masters in Augusta.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton, third from the left, holds hands with Ahmaud Arbery’s parents, Wanda Cooper-Jones, right, and Marcus Arbery, left, as they react outside the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, after the jury found three men guilty of murder and other charges for the pursuit and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
Brunswick verdict elicits surprise, joy but also lingering concerns about racial justice
Families are navigating the vaccination divide for the holidays. Thanksgiving is a bellwether for how the rest of the season will go among those facing family conflict over the the COVID vaccine. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File)
Tread lightly with COVID conversation this holiday season
An instructor provides therapeutic riding lessons at Chastain Horse Park, where women and girls who have survived sex trafficking and exploration learn heal trauma through working with horses. Courtesy of Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA.
OPINION: Betting on horses to help women heal
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Megan Thee Stallion earns degree in health administration
In March, Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 593 and HB 114 to cut taxes for Georgians and increase incentives for adoption at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. While there have been small changes to income tax rates, Georgia's six tier income tax structure hasn't changed since the 1930s. Income tax as well as sales and use tax form the bulk of state revenues. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
OPINION: Time for an update to the state tax code
Food will play a significant role at the New Black Wall Street Market in Stonecrest. Shown here is one of the "streets" inside the venue. (Chris Hunt for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New Black Wall Street Market bolsters minority-owned food businesses
In this image dated June 2020, a Kroger employee restocks produce. Locally, a Kroger store in southwest Atlanta was forced to close after thieves stole critical electrical wiring, leaving the store without power. The store closure also left some individuals in surrounding neighborhoods with limited shopping options for fresh, healthy foods. (Nick Graham/daytondailynews.com).
OPINION: An Atlanta neighborhood becomes a food desert overnight
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Georgia’s largest residential light display returns this season
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Artist Marryam Moma poses for a photograph in her Alpharetta studio Monday, November 8, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE AJC
Atlanta artist Marryam Moma cuts her way into telling stories of Blackness
This mural by SOFAHOOD sponsored by Living Walls on Edgewood Avenue went up at the end of 2020. (Courtesy of Atlanta Street Art Map)
Black artists at forefront of Atlanta’s public art movement
Elisabeth and Afemo Omilami run Hosea Helps, a nonprofit that feeds thousands of people annually. They're shown in the client room at the new facility for the organization, which was started by civil rights activist Hosea Williams (Elisabeth Omilami's father). (Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com)
Hosea Helps, a friend of hungry, homeless, finds itself a real home
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Representatives for R&B singer Christopher Williams deny he is in coma
A professor who studies the intersection of environmental hazards and social inequalities says university students, including at HBCUs in Atlanta, are demanding environmental justice. KENT D JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM
Opinion: HBCUs must keep environmental and climate justice at forefront
A Black high school principal from Texas was ordered by district administrators to remove a photo from Facebook that showed him kissing his white wife on their anniversary to avoid stirring up controversy among parents who complained.
Black high school principal forced to resign amid critical race theory controversy
Sofia Briceno, 10, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine shot at DeKalb Pediatric Center in Decatur on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 4, 2021. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: Should kids under 12 get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Atlanta mayoral runoff candidates Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore. (Hyosub Shin/AJC / Ben Gray/AP Photo)
OPINION: Andre who? Quiet mayoral candidate is not to be overlooked
In this June 12, 2020, file photo from a screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department, Rayshard Brooks speaks with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta. New research from a Georgia State criminologist looks at the use of police fatal force across six subgroups. Understanding the sources of racialized and gendered police killings is key to reducing the incidents. (Atlanta Police Department via AP, File)
OPINION: Reducing police fatal force requires standards, accountability
Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of the funk R&B group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. Reports say the musician passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, by his side.
Ronnie Wilson, founding member of The Gap Band, dead at 73
The building that once housed Dr. Thomas Hicks’ clinic is now home to a pizza restaurant on Toccoa Avenue in McCaysville. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
OPINION: Georgia’s adoption laws evolve, aim to address past concerns
Mariah Carey teases ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ video
Halloween is over, and you know what that means, Mariah Carey fans
Hattie Whitehead and Bobby Crook stand on a pathway in the area of the University of Georgia campus that was once the Linnentown neighborhood on Monday, Oct 18, 2021. (Sarah White for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Former residents of Black neighborhood seek redress for razing of homes
Former Brave Sid Bream, prone on the ground, gets mobbed by teammates David Justice,(on the ground with him), Ron Gant and Brian Hunter, after scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Where have all the Black baseball players gone?
De'Andra Roberts created A Life to Share to help individuals document their oral histories. It does on a personal level what many programs in Atlanta have done for communities ranging from veterans to historic neighborhoods. Courtesy of De'Andra Roberts
OPINION: Can knowing family’s past help build your financial future?
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