Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Will Not Run For Reelection Share
She was elected in 2017.
Published 2 weeks ago
Written by BET Staff
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the second Black woman to become mayor of Atlanta, will not run for reelection.
In a May 6 statement, Bottoms said, “As Derek and I have given thoughtful prayer and consideration to the season now before us, it is with deep emotions that I hold my head high, and choose not to seek another term as Mayor.”
She continued, “As I have done each day over the many years in which I have served in public office, through the remainder of my term, I will make every decision, keeping what is best for our communities top of mind, and will continue to work diligently to improve the lives of those in our city. I love you Atlanta. Thank you for the honor of serving as your Mayor.”
Dominque Fishback opposite
Daniel Kaluuya was seen as a breakout moment for the actress. Now, Fishback has landed the lead role opposite
Anthony Ramos in the latest installment of the Transformers film franchise.
Deadline exclusively reports that Fishback, 30, is in the final stages of negotiating with the producers of the
Transformers franchise after reportedly winning over the team as they sought a lead dynamic enough to match with the talented Ramos. Steven Caple Jr. has been named as a director with Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters are writing based on a script from Joby Harold.
The outlet adds that this upcoming venture will be a reunion of sorts for Fishback and Ramos, who both worked together on a stage production while in college. Fishback stunned in the role of activist Deborah Johnson, the wife of slain Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Sr., who died at the hands of Chicago police in 1969 at the age of 21.
Kandi Burruss disclosed on April 26 during an Instagram Live with legendary O’Jays singer
Eddie Levert Sr. that her worst collaborators in the studio were members of the R&B group
Boyz II Men. In the candid interview with Levert’s daughter
Ryan Levert as co-host Burruss initially discussed the many roles she has played in the entertainment industry, from reality star to singer-songwriter.
Burruss started on mark 37:52 by listing the easiest artists to work with. She said although she worked with a lot of people in the industry, two popular girl groups hold a special place in her heart.
Morehouse, Spelman and CAU to require students to get vaccine for fall semester
The HBCUs that comprise the AUCC want their in-person attendees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The historically-Black campuses that make up the Atlanta University Center Consortium have announced they will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes this fall.
By the start of the semester, all students and staff at Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College will need two or more weeks to have passed since either their second in a two-dose series or their lone dose of the single-dose vaccine.
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