News from the Black Community of Gwinnett County Georgia.
A Confederate Memorial Day event poised to return to Stone Mountain Park next month has garnered opposition from activists, including a local chapter of the NAACP. After their permit was …
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By Sam Gringlas, WABE | NPR News Duluth, Georgia | In 2018, Democrat Marlene Fosque made history by becoming the first Black Gwinnett County Commissioner. Two years later, voters turned …
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Every February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shape the nation. Black History Month celebrates the rich cultural heritage, triumphs and adversities that …
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By Brian Hill for FOX 5 Atlanta LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – African-Americans who grew up in Gwinnett Count before schools were desegregated likely attended the Hooper-Renwick School. It was the only public school for …
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Written by JUSTINE KENIN and JASON FULLERT for NPR The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration …
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The county awarded a contract to Foursquare Integrated Transportation, Inc., to develop a new transit development plan. Written by Andrea V. Watson, Patch Staff The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners recently …
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The NBA HBCU Fellowship Program aims to provide career development opportunities in the business of basketball for undergraduate and graduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Current full-time …
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The Republicans of Gwinnett County are attempting to change the political game in a now Democratic-run county commission. Here is a reprint of an article written by Greg Bluestein and Tyler Wilkins …
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Excerpt from The Real Black Santa “Teach the children! Teach them the old meaning of Christmas. The meaning that now-a-days Christmas has forgotten.” Did you know the pure green color …
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by Vann Newkirk I remember the year I tried to boycott Thanksgiving. I was 19, entering that necessary but annoying phase of young self-righteous and half-informed quasi-pro-Blackness. I drove home …
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