Atlanta Jazz Festival | Atlanta, GA

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Usually held for several weeks in mid-May and ending Memorial Day weekend, the Atlanta Jazz Festival is arguably the largest FREE jazz festival in the country, if not the world, featuring top entertainers, an artist market, and children’s activities. Past performers include Stanley Jordan, Max Roach and Nancy Wilson.
Performances are held at various locations throughout [...]

Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival | Atlanta GA

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The four-day Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival, April 16th-19th, held in Atlanta, GA showcases the work of some of the best independent filmmakers from around the globe fueled by the recognition that although under represented in Hollywood, independent filmmakers seeking to tell the plethora of untold stories are cropping up in droves to express themselves [...]

Bronner Bros. International Hair Show | Atlanta, GA

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2009 Bronner Bros. International Hair Show, February 21-24, 2009
The many styles, colors and textures of African American hair will again be on full display at the annual Bronner Brothers International Hair Show at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. One of the largest international hair trade shows in the North America, the event attracts thousands [...]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembered

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Martin Luther King Jr. w/ President Lyndon Johnson in the background.
I Have A Dream……..
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the [...]

Honda’s Battle of the Bands, Atlanta, GA

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With more than 50,000 HBCU friends, fans, students and alumni traveling from all around the country , America’s Historically Black Universities and Colleges top marching bands are ready again to throw down the gauntlet at Honda’s Battle of the Bands  (HBOB) in Atlanta, Georgia. This year’s showcase, aptly themed “The Power of Dreams,” had special [...]

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