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Jesse Hill’s legacy and influence span business, media and cultural life
Businessman and visionary Jesse Hill Jr., who left an indelible mark on the civil rights movement in Atlanta, died Monday at age 86. Hill joined the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. in 1949 and eventuall...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jami Ffrench Parker / CrossRoadsNews  A scene for “Last Vegas” was filmed in the former Lincoln Funeral Home building on Candler Road this week. Filming in metro Atlanta will wrap up on Dec. 18.
Screen legends film ‘Last Vegas’ scene on Candler Road
Hollywood heavyweights Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline snuck into DeKalb County on Nov. 28, and very few people knew. The Oscar-winning film legends were filming a m...
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Earvin Johnson
Urban League honors NBA great
Businessman and legendary NBA player Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be picking up “Business Champion of the Year” from the Urban League of Greater Atlanta at its Dec. 1 Equal Opportunity Day Dinner an...
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stacey Abrams, minority leader of Georgia’s House of Representatives, is one of this year’s winners of a public service award bearing President John F. Kennedy’s name.
Stacey Abrams gets JFK award
DeKalb Democrat Stacey Abrams has been honored with a JFK public service award. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of late President John F. Kennedy, presented the 2012 New Frontier Awards on Nov. 19 to Ab...
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Businessman’s sudden death shocks friends
by Jennifer Ffrench Parker
Jul 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 64 64 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been a month since Stone Mountain restaurateur Jeffrey Richardson was killed and his friends and family are still reeling from the news. Richardson who was a co-owner in the failed Lousiana-st...
Event for Stogner benefits Leadership DeKalb
Jul 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Richard Stogner, who was executive assistant under CEO Vernon Jones, was honored by elected officials and community leaders recently at a Leadership DeKalb’s Toast & Tales event. At the May 31 eve...
Matriach celebrated by county
Jul 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Maggie Woods, the first African-American elected to the Lithonia City Council, was honored by DeKalb County at the June 9 DeKalb Board of Commissioners meeting. DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis and commis...
Ellis to receive Champion award from Women’s Resource Center
May 01, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will be named the 2009 Champion for Change at the May 7 Champions for Change luncheon at Twelve Hotel and Residence in Atlantic Station in Atlanta. Ellis will be re...
Best of East Metro - Winners List
Apr 23, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Here are the winners of the 2009 Best of East Metro Readers Choice Awards, sponsored by CrossRoadsNews.