Christopher Daniel

Atlanta

Black Culture Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Black Culture Reporter @ajc, @JCSUniversity/@UGAGrady alumnus, Ethnomusicologist, Culture Critic, Organic Intellectual/Lover of Wisdom & Humanity. #CAROLANTAN

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Articles

Rick Ross Car Show attracts collectors, clubs and enthusiasts to Fayetteville

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

When Rick Ross was a teenager in Miami, he worked in a car wash to earn money. He realized from detailing his regular customers’ cars and organizing their vast CD collections for tips that he could one day create a community that combines his love of music, cars and entrepreneurship. Three decades later, Ross is living his dream.
Is ‘Cadillac Chronicles TV’ Atlanta’s mobile ‘Tiny Desk’?

1 month ago | uatl.com | Christopher Daniel

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Bishop T.D. Jakes to Morris Brown College graduates: Be resilient

1 month ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

Bishop T.D. Jakes told Morris Brown College‘s graduating class of 58 students at St. Philip AME Church on Saturday, “Don’t stop fighting.” Bishop T.D. Jakes delivered a message Morris Brown College‘s graduating class Saturday that was befitting its 58 students and the school itself: “Don’t stop fighting.” Jakes, who founded the Dallas-based nondenominational megachurch, The Potter’s House, gave the commencement address for the historically Black college in the Atlanta University Center and...
Charlamagne tha God talks podcasts, publishing and media empire

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Christopher Daniel

Since 2010, radio personality Lenard “Charlamagne tha God” McKelvey has entertained audiences, interviewed celebrities and gone viral by making eyebrow-raising statements as a co-host on the morning show and podcast, “The Breakfast Club.”Now, the South Carolina-born shock jock says he wants to turn his unapologetic persona into media enterprises to help other Black creatives amplify their voices.
2 Atlanta designers promote Caribbean festivals, fashion

1 month ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

Prince Graham and Omar Thomas, Atlanta-based clothing designers and event producers with Jamaican heritage, want to share pride in and create more visibility for the Caribbean community. “We’re a culture that’s resilient, colorful and impactful. We’re a set of people who figure things out, create, make noise and change the world,” Thomas told UATL.
How Atlanta-based leaders are bringing diversity to environmental justice

1 month ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

Several Black Atlanta change agents are creating programs and solutions to engage Black communities around environmental issues. Nonprofit organizers and scientists are focusing on addressing clean air, water, climate change and renewable energy. Storytellers are using literacy and greenspaces to create fun and fresh narratives about nature that connect with younger audiences.
Charlamagne tha God talks Black Effect Podcast Festival and media empire

2 months ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

Since 2010, radio personality Lenard “Charlamagne tha God” McKelvey has entertained audiences, interviewed celebrities and gone viral from making eyebrow-raising statements as a co-host on the morning show and podcast, “The Breakfast Club.”Now, the South Carolina-born shock jock says he wants to turn his unapologetic persona into media enterprises to help other Black creatives amplify their voices.
Jazzman Terence Blanchard revisits Hurricane Katrina at Spivey Hall performance

2 months ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard creates melodies and harmonies to help communities overcome hard times and personal struggles. The bandleader is performing jazz, classical and Cajun-inspired compositions from 2007’s “A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for Katrina” with his band, The Terence Blanchard Sextet, at Spivey Hall at Clayton State University on Saturday. The sold-out concert commemorates the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in his hometown, New Orleans.
First Black Girl Book Fair is Saturday in Decatur

2 months ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

Seven Black- and women-led bookstores in metro Atlanta are having the first Black Girl Book Fair at Brave and Kind Bookshop in Decatur on Saturday. The outdoor event is organized by Brave and Kind Bookshop, 44th and 3rd Bookseller in West End, online shop Good Books ATL, Mableton’s All Things Inspirational Giftique, Powder Springs’ The Book Worm Bookstore, For Keeps Books on Auburn Avenue and A Small Place Bookshop and Boutique in Avondale Estates.
Morehouse alum's debut novel merges Black queer identity and 1996 Olympics

2 months ago | ajc.com | Christopher Daniel

In 1996, Atlanta-based real estate agent Doug Jones felt concerned by his difficulty in finding contemporary literature with Black and queer men who defied personal and professional obstacles as main characters. Jones’ father told him those stories were “at the tip of his pen.”Three decades later, Jones has released his debut novel, “The Fantasies of Future Things.” Jones is hosting a book release at Auburn Avenue Research Library on Wednesday, April 23.