Veteran Atlanta TV sports broadcaster Fred Kalil is retiring on April 3 after 40-plus years in the business. A consummate lover of sports and his job, Kalil’s retirement will commence once the March Madness tournament ...
An investment company operated by prominent Black Atlantans became the first minority investors to buy a white-owned bank, which would convert it into a Black-owned one. Redemption Holding Company, which includes investors Ashley D. Bell, ...
Atlanta’s first Black television news reporter, Lorenzo “Lo” Jelks, has died at the age of 83. Jelks’, who grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, began his communications career in 1965 while still in high school ...