Roz Edward

Managing Editor and Content Director at Real Times Media

Managing Editor and Content Director at Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine

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The Morehouse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Morehouse College Fuels Growth for Local Atlanta Retailers

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Six-month cohort equips 20 local small businesses for scaling profitability and retail growthThe Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC) at Morehouse College will host a completion ceremony for 20 retail business owners who participated in a six-month cohort at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. The free public event will be held in the African American Hall of Fame at Morehouse College, 830 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30314.
This Week In Black History May 28-June 3, 2025

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MAY 281936—Betty Shabazz, the widow of Black nationalist leader Malcolm X, was born on this day in Detroit, Mich. Shabazz was born Betty Jean Sanders and raised by foster parents. She attended Tuskegee Institute (now university) and became a registered nurse. In 1994, she created a national controversy when she linked Nation of Islam leader Min. Louis Farrakhan to the assassination of Malcolm X. However, she and Farrakhan reconciled in 1995 and she spoke at the historic Million Man March.
‘And Just Like That…’ gives middle-aged women something media rarely does - a portrayal of their sexual lives

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Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘And Just Like That…’ Season 3. (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)by Marie-Agnes Parmentier, HEC Montréal; Catherine A. Coleman, Texas Christian University; Katherine C. Sredl, Loyola University Chicago, and Linda Tuncay Zayer, Loyola University ChicagoWarning: This article contains spoilers about ‘And Just Like That…‘Middle-aged women don’t have sex — or that’s what popular media might have us believe.
Ambassador Andrew Young Receives Honors for Work to End Childhood Disease

1 week ago | atlantatribune.com | Roz Edward

Ambassador Andrew Young’s distinguished and extensive career as a civil rights leader, lauded politician, and dedicated diplomat make him one of the most respected leaders in Atlanta, the nation and the world. As a venerated champion of social justice, Young remains one of the most recognized and appreciated figures in modern day history.
10 Black Military Service Members Who Changed History

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Memorial Day began in the mid-1800s as a way to honor the people who died in the American Civil War. The earliest Memorial Day celebration ever recorded was organized by Black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina in May 1865. Local reports from The New York Tribune and The Charleston Courier at the time recorded that the community gave fallen Black Union soldiers a proper burial, erecting a brand new cemetery for the Black troops who’d previously been harshly buried in a mass grave.
5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed

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Flowers, painted benches and handmade memorials surround a mural of George Floyd at George Floyd Square on May 18, 2025. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Imagesby Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State UniversityOn the evening of May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by police outside a grocery store in Minneapolis. From the outset, the incident became a battle of narratives. The local police initially reported Floyd was experiencing “distress” and died from a medical incident.
Lil Jon Receives Prestigious Beacon of Industry Award from BESLA

1 week ago | atlantadailyworld.com | Roz Edward

For the last two decades plus, the words “YEAHHH,” “OKAYY,” and “WHATTT” have been synonymous with multi-platinum, Grammy award winning artist Lil Jon. He has been one of the most prominent figures in music and pop culture alike, performing for hundreds of thousands of fans with Usher & Ludacris, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Pitbull, TLC (on FOX’s American Idol), Becky G, Offset, LMFAO, Too $hort and E-40 just to name a few.
Breezy Is Free : Chris Brown Granted Bail By London Court

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American Artist Chris Brown Performs In South AfricaSource: Gallo Images / GettyAccording to BBC, Chris Brown was let out on bail this week after being charged with seriously hurting someone in a London nightclub last year. By bawinternThe person he’s accused of attacking is music producer Abe Diaw. Brown had been in custody for a short time, but now he’s been released while the case moves forward. This all happened right before his big summer tour, and fans were worried it might be canceled.
US gun trafficking to Mexico: Independent gun shops supply the most dangerous weapons

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A gun shop display includes a variety of assault-style rifles. AP Photo/Andrew Selskyby Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Topher L.
Gun trafficking from the US to Mexico: The drug connection

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These blue pills appear to be oxycodone but are laced with fentanyl. U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah via AP, Fileby Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Topher L. McDougal, University of San DiegoIllegal firearm trafficking is inseparable from the illegal drug trade: Weapons are often bought with drug money, can strengthen cartels and can be traded for drugs.