Christopher A. Daniel
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Christopher A. Daniel is a Black Culture reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is an Atlanta-based, award-winning journalist, cultural critic and ethnomusicologist. The Spartanburg, South Carolina native previously held teaching stints with Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University: creating each universities' music, entertainment, and lifestyle journalism courses.
Latest from Christopher A. Daniel
Georgia Tech professor Susana Morris and Octavia E. Butler

Georgia Tech scholar brings writer Octavia E. Butler to new audiences

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55 years later, UGA’s first Black football players empower off the field

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Curtis Mayfield turns Atlanta and Blackness into music for classic films

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After losing a member, De La Soul wants men to focus on their health

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Reimagining Langston Hughes’ ‘The Weary Blues’ for young readers

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Atlanta playwright Lee Osorio brings ‘Prisontown’ into living rooms

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How Carl Joe Williams illustrates B.B. King’s genius for children

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Good grief: Death doula Darnell Lamont Walker releases debut self-help book

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Annual Black dance fest and conference sways into ATL

Mozel Spriggs, 100, visits with guests at her Atlanta home on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Spriggs is featured in the Dance Theatre of Harlem documentary “The LAMP Project.” (Ben Gray for the AJC)

At 100, Mozel Spriggs’ life tells the story of Black dance in Atlanta