Black Atlantans experienced redlining and were prevented from buying homes in most Atlanta neighborhoods during the 1940s and ...

By Genia Billingsley, Community Journalist Grove Park residents are once again grappling with the loss of a beloved neighborhood business. Bankhead Seafood, a community staple recently revived by ...

Thank you to everyone who joined Canopy Atlanta and Refuge Coffee Co. to celebrate the stories, cultures, and people that ...

By Audrey Hamm, Intern Thursday, June 19, 2025 Refuge Coffee, Clarkston, GA About 25 members of the Clarkston community gathered at Refuge Coffee for good food, shopping from Amani’s Women Center, and ...

This is a weekly feature called Community Notebook, filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work. Canopy Atlanta Fellows and other community ...

History often highlights the men who designed and constructed Collier Heights, but equally deserving of recognition are the women—the trailblazers, caretakers, and champions of their community. Their ...

At the same time, Southern hip-hop was achieving massive mainstream success. In 1998, No Limit Records — whose roster included Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, Mia X and Mystikal — was on its way to ...

Canopy Atlanta asked the Bankhead and Grove Park community members about the journalism they wanted to see about their communities, and this story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also ...

Canopy Atlanta asked over 50 South DeKalb community members about the journalism they needed. This story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also trains and pays community members, our Fellows, ...

This story was produced in partnership with WABE. DorMiya Vance, one of the reporters on this story, is a Report for America Fellow covering metro Atlanta’s southside communities, including South ...