Eric Sturgis of the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting Bill Taggart, Morehouse College’s interim president, has died. Sturgis reports: “The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office told The Atlanta Journal-Consti...
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., discusses the growing number of cases of black girls being punished at school for wearing natural hair styles. Dr. Burton calls o...
Documentary filmmakers Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin anticipate one day doing less and less interviews about their work. The chatty cinematic pair would much rather concentrate on acknowledging how their films inspire people or mobili...
ABC News is reporting legendary Rock n’ Roll musician Chuck Berry has died. Dean Shabner of ABC News writes: “St. Charles County, Missouri, police said they responded to a medical emergency on Buckner Road at approxima...
Pop superstar Robyn Rihanna Fenty was awarded the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award on March 1. Fenty is well-known for her music, performances, fashion and personal life, bu...
Saturday nights are for love and laughter. Beginning Saturday, March 4, at 9/8c, Tyler Perry’s ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ returns to OWN in the season premiere. Love Thy Neighbor is a show about a middle class family &...
Eric Levenson and Sarah Faidell of CNN are reporting radio hosts Luis Manuel Medina and Leonidas Martinez were killed during Medina’s monologue while broadcasting on Facebook Live. Levenson and Faidell write: “A...
While the city of Atlanta is caught up in a frenzy over the Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl LI bid, Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) 5th annual aTVfest opened its three-day celebration of television and media productio...
The Hollywood Reporter has posted a complete list of winners of the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Among the winners were Hidden Figures for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Denzel Washington for Outstandin...
Legendary performer and soul singer Sharon Jones of the Dap-Kings lost her battle with pancreatic cancer last Friday at the age of 60. Sharon Jones’ career is truly remarkable because she rose to fame later in life. I...
