Filmmaker and editor Samuel D. Pollard vividly remembers taking the subway from 96th Street to 72nd Street in his hometown, East Harlem, N.Y., as a kid. The further he traveled, the more the Emmy and Peabody award winner would not...
Journalist. Scholar. Game changer. The media world is reeling over the loss of legendary journalist and biographer Lerone Bennett, Jr. Bennett is known as a definitive chronicler of black life and events through his work for iconi...
ATTN released a video on the racist history of tipping on its social media platforms that has online audiences buzzing. Surprise, no surprise, tipping is tied to slavery. It seems that every questionable practice in the U.S. leads...
This video examines Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last speech in which he talks about having been stabbed and learning had he sneezed, the tip of the knife which was near his aorta, would have killed him and he would have bl...
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...
Selena Hill of Black Enterprise is reporting seven black candidates made history in the 2017 November elections. The Burton Wire offers a few of the highlights: Vi Lyles: Elected Charlotte’s First Black Woman Mayor Pu...
Fresh from our, “Must Read” file, NFL player and activist Michael Bennett writes a letter detailing his encounter with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has hired Civil Rights attorney John Burris to exp...
Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman talks Frederick Douglass’ July 5, 1852 address to the Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society entitled, ” “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.” Watch legendary thespian ...
Google.org recently pledged to double its $1 million contribution to further support the innovative social justice and community engagement work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Based in Montgomery, Ala. EJI, in partnership ...
In an article entitled, “Dark Skin Tones and Skin Cancer: What You Need to Know,” on Skincancer.org, the author writes: “People who have dark skin tones often believe they’re not at risk for skin cancer, b...
