The Harlem-based media arts organization Black Public Media (BPM) has been awarded an Art Works grant of $40,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The allocation, one of more than $80 million in approved grants by Nati...
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2018 is the day Penn State running back Saquon Barkley (#26) had envisioned. The football standout was selected by the New York Giants as the second overall NFL Draft pick in the first round. The six-foot, Bron...
The Burton Wire is sad to report Peabody Award-winning director and longtime former executive director of National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)—now Black Public Media—has died. Her death was announced by Black Public Media ...
Multiple media outlets are reporting Hugh Masekela, the man known as the “Father of South African Jazz,” has died. Masekela played many instruments but was best known as a trumpeter, singer and composer. Masekela playe...
The 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco is underway. The fifth tournament of the biennial sports event that features the men’s national teams of Africa kicked off on January 13 and is rolling along. The Confe...
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...
