Akosua Report: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Burton Wire is proud to announce the addition of The Akosua Report: Facts on The African Diaspora, written by Akosua...
VIDEO: Black and Latino Actors Discuss Identity
Race, nation and ethnicity are three distinct categories that are often collapsed leading to conflict, confusion and generalizations when it comes...
African Canadian Community Fights to Save Co-op Housing
Lincoln Depradine of Pride News Magazine is reporting that Trinidad-born activist Nicole Waldron is campaigning to save Co-Op Housing in Canada.
Waldron, is a part of...
Canadian Actors & Brothers Launch VC for BIPOC Entrepreneurs
Canadian Actors and brothers Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk; Free Rayshawn), Shamier Anderson (Wynonna Earp) and their youngest brother...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Turns 105
by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.
Happy Founders Day to the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.* Founded on January 15, 1908...
Blackfilm.com: The Ultimate Fall 2013 Black Movie Guide
Blackfilm.com's founder and editor-in-chief Wilson Morales has rolled out the "ultimate" fall 2013 preview of black films. Morales, who is currently...
Kenya: At Least 39 Dead in Mall Attack; 150 injured
MSN is reporting that at least 39 people, including members of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, were killed during an attack at...
Shadow and Act’s Tambay Obenson is Not Impressed
If you haven't gotten the memo yet, please stop sending Shadow and Act's founder and editor-in-chief Tambay A. Obenson articles about...
Google Hangout with ‘The Book of Negroes’ Author & Cast
Join the Burton Wire on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. for a Google Hangout with Lawrence Hill, the award-winning...
Will Turks and Caicos Become Canada’s 11th Province?
Andrea Janus of CTV News is reporting that Turks and Caicos Premier Rufus Ewing is “not closing the door completely” on...







