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Internationally-acclaimed Afro-Brazilian percussion group Olodum performs during the National Black Arts Festival at Centennial Olympic Park. The group was founded in 1979 as a Bahian Carnival association highlighting African heritage and Black pride through music, dance and art.

Philadelphia-based dance company Philadanco celebrates 40 years of excellence with performances at Georgia State’s Rialto Center for the Arts during the National Black Arts Festival. The group performed “By Way of the Funk,” a new work set to the music of Parliament-Funkadelic and choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of the Urban Bush Women Dance Company.  (Photo by Willie E. Tucker Jr./WET Media Inc.)

      Billy McKinney, a 30-year member of the Georgia Legislature — whose fiery persona helped boost his career as well as his daughter Cynthia McKinney’s political prospects

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama recently signed into law the most sweeping legislation on bank and Wall Street reform since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

   Those who struggled and many who died in battles for freedom, justice, and racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement left a legacy that must yet be fulfilled –  even in caring for the health of Black children, first lady Michelle Obama recently told thousands at the NAACP Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

   Mayor Kasim Reed recently announced his selection of City of Atlanta Strip Clubs Interim Chief of Police George N. Turner as the finalist for the chief of police position.

    In her first speech as chair of the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States, Roslyn M. Brock, the youngest-ever chair of the NAACP, envisioned the “browning of America” this week while debunking persistent myths of a so-called “post-racial” society.

     The 2010 National Black Arts Festival, which began July 14 and runs through July 18, pays tribute to the legendary Curtis Mayfield; celebrates the legacy of Fela Kuti with the sounds of Roy Ayers; takes a cultural journey to Brazil through the voice of Latin Grammy Award-winning composer Ivan Lins; commemorates 40 years of excellence in dance with PHILADANCO; embarks on a journey to a bygone era with the Oscar Micheaux silent film “Body and Soul” accompanied live by Wycliffe Gordon, and provides an evening at “Stormy’s Supper Club” at the NBAF Gala.

Special to the Daily World     The Committee for a Better Atlanta Strip Clubs (CBA), a coalition of Atlanta Strip Clubs businesses and business organizations, recently released its Consumer Reports-style evaluations  of the candidates running for Fulton County Commission.

   Those who struggled and many who died in battles for freedom, justice, and racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement left a legacy that must yet be fulfilled –  even in caring for the health of Black children, first lady Michelle Obama recently told thousands at the NAACP Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo.