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...
The Washington Post is reporting that white students at San Jose who hazed a black freshman student by calling him “three-5ths”, locking the claustrophobic student in a closet and locking a bike lock around his neck we...
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. reviews F. Gary Gray’s highly-anticipated film Straight Outta Compton, which chronicles the lives of hip-hop super group N.W...
For the first time since its original telecast, the commemorative variety show, Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, is airing on PBS as part of the public access station’s Black History Month programming. The festive special cel...
There’s a flurry of activity in the press room of SCAD Atlanta’s aTVfest, a television festival dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the vibrant and constantly changing television industry. Publicists, managers, pub...
Leonardo Blair of the Christian Post is reporting that Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth will be laid to rest on December 4 at the Bahamas Faith Ministries International Diplomat Center on Carmichael Road in Nassau, Bahamas. Prio...
Legendary actor and activist Harry Belafonte, Jr., 87, received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Governors Awards on Saturday. Bryan Alexander of USA Today writes: &...
At a recent live broadcast of The-Steve Harvey Morning Showfrom Georgia World Congress Center, the comedian and talk show host declared before his massive audience that George Tandy, Jr. is “a bad boy.” The transparent singer, son...
Grammy-winning hip hop superstar T.I. and High Museum of Art curator Michael Rooks recently spoke about an intersection between both fine art and Hip-Hop being accepted into mainstream culture. Their town hall meeting at Woodruff ...
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gold medal sprinter Dr. Tommie Smith and bronze medalist Dr. John Carlos made a “Silent Gesture” on the podium. As the National Anthem played, the tall athletes bowed their heads, raised...
