"It's not about us," Claudette Gayles said. "It's about the kids and giving back because in our mind, the kids are our future."

Atlanta native, Candace Hill can run 100 meters in 10.98 seconds. The 16-year-old is currently training for the 2016 summer Olympics.

Douglasville residents were thrilled to see a change in the political makeup of their small, rural city last week when Rochelle Robinson was elected mayor, making her both the first female and the first Black politician to hold the seat,

Saymendy Lloyd is many things, but ask anyone who knows her and the simple answer will be savior.   Now, the Maryland mom and activist–…

“I can remember one time she literally came home in tears. She went to all these stores and she couldn’t find dolls that really represented our little girls.” That’s what Trent Daniels, a businessman from Houston, Texas said inspired him to create a line of ethnic-looking doll babies for his girls and yours. Daniels was further […]

Tontrevion Campbell and his mother were victims of a burglary over Thanksgiving weekend. While the family attended church on Sunday, many of the mother's items were taken, in addition to Tontrevion's hand-me-down Xbox console and every game he owned.

The five-year-old was given a badge, handcuffs, and even caught an assault suspect on his first day on the job.

A choir comprised of men from Atlanta's Central Night Shelter are making their way to the nation's capital in December to perform at the White House Open House Holiday Celebration.

A Harlem resident committed a gentle act of kindness when she gave her shoes to a barefoot homeless woman on a crowded MTA train.

Meet Meredith Evans, the new director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. The AJC.com reports: She assumes the role Nov. 29. Prior to joining the Carter library, she oversaw the Washington University Department of Special Collections in St. Louis. Evans earned her master’s degree at Clark Atlanta University, was curator of printed materials […]

Haben Girma is our new hero. The 27-year-old lawyer is the first deaf-blind alumna of Harvard Law School.

Twenty-year old Jewell Jones was like a lot of students the University of Michigan-Dearborn – ambitious, eager to make his mark on the world and committed to getting his education to make that happen. But unlike most of his fellow students, Jones has taken a huge step to making that  happen before graduation. He ran […]