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ATLANTA (BAMM Network) — Labor Day weekend is becoming one of the South’s biggest annual showcases of Black LGBTQ+ culture, with major celebrations unfolding simultaneously in Atlanta and New Orleans — and generating business far beyond the official event stages. An attendee celebrates Atlanta Black Pride at Piedmont Park in 2025. Atlanta Black Pride marks its 20th anniversary this Labor Day weekend with parties, community events and Sunday’s Pure Heat Community Festival. (Th

BATON ROUGE, La. — Southern University’s famed Human Jukebox Marching Band has landed a collaboration with Gap, becoming the latest HBCU band to take its sound, style and cultural influence into a national fashion campaign. The Human Jukebox stars in Gap’s new “Denim On Your Own” campaign, performing its own arrangement of Robyn’s 2010 hit “Dancing on My Own.” Images from the campaign show band members wearing customized Gap denim featuring Southern University branding. T

HOUSTON (BAMM Network) — Houston activists are urging residents to halt daily commerce Friday as part of a citywide protest over the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent earlier this month. Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the killing of Mexican migrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, outside City Hall in Houston, Texas, on July 14, 2026 Photo by Mark Felix /

RALEIGH, N.C. (BAMM Network) — North Carolina continues to rank among the nation's top destinations for business investment, but the state's latest economic report card underscores a growing challenge confronting many longtime residents: keeping up with the cost of living. Media outlet CNBC released its 2026 rankings in business, and North Carolina has lost its first place ranking in business nationwide, ranking second now and falling short in certain categories. (Port City D

ATLANTA (BAMM Network) — Young Thug is returning to headlining arenas and amphitheaters for the first time in more than six years, but his newly announced New Generation Tour is about more than a comeback. Young Thug performs at Rock the Vote's #TURNOUTFORWHAT Concert at The Tabernacle on November 3, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.Paras Griffin/Getty Images The tour marks one of Atlanta's most influential artists reclaiming the stage while introducing a new wave of talent from his

RICHLAND PARISH, La. (BAMM Network) — Meta’s rapidly expanding artificial-intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana is being promoted as a transformational investment for one of the state’s more economically challenged regions. But as the project grows in size, so do questions about who will receive its benefits—and who will ultimately bear its costs. A woman walks by the Meta Lab in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Cole Meta announced in July