MLK DAY: Nsenga Burton Appears on WABE 90.1 FM
The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. appeared today on WABE 90.1 FM’s “Closer Look with Rose Scott,” to discuss the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy on tod...
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Black Public Media: National Black Programming Consortium Changes
NEW YORK (November 2, 2017)—The National Black Programming Consortium is Black Public Media (BPM). The 38-year-old media arts institution, the nation’s only nonprofit dedicated solely to media content about the Black experience, h...
NYARW: New York African Restaurant Week Returns
New York, NY (Sept 5, 2017) – New York African Restaurant Week (NYARW) will kick off its fifth annual celebration of African cuisine and culture on October 1-22, 2017, featuring a curated selection of more than 25 restaurant...
Anchor 1.0: ‘Wavers’ Lose Community With 1.0 Shutdown
The announcement came from Anchor team member Nir on a Monday, June 26. By Wednesday, June 28, Anchor 1.0 would be no more. The original beacon of collective voices would disappear into a vortex, like an old TV with a bad vacuum t...
American Koko: Watch Second Season of Viola Davis Web Series
ABC‘s streaming service has launched the second season of ‘American Koko,’ the web series produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon. The series follows the character of Akosua Millard, played by show creator Diar...
Habari Gani: How to Greet in Africa’s Top 10 Languages
Africa.com has done a great service for travelers who may find themselves in one of the continents 54 countries by creating a Top 10 list of greetings in Africa’s most used languages. The top 10 languages spoken other than E...
Villa Lewaro: Madam C.J. Walker’s Summer Estate Still Stuns
Madam C.J. Walker, Reverend Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, the American Women’s Heritage Society, Queen Nzinga and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) are just a f...
Black History Month Binge Watch: NBC’s ‘Timeless̵
Timeless follows the adventures of Lucy Preston (a history professor played by Abigail Spencer), Rufus Carlin (a scientist played by Malcolm Barrett) and Wyatt Logan (a soldier played by Matt Lanter) as they attempt to stop Garcia...
‘FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade’ Screening in Atlan...
You will always know a condition of a people by what is expressed in their music. Narrated by Chuck D (of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group, Public Enemy), FunkJazz Kafe: Diary of a Decade is an award-winning documentary film th...
15 Afro-Latino Movies You Should Stream for Black History Month
Writing for REMEZCLA, Manuel Bettancourt contributed to a list of 15 Afro-Latino Movies that should be streamed during Black History Month. Check out some of his selections below: They Are We (2014) Synopsis Emma Christopher’s e...