Kendrick Johnson: New Footage Released in the Case
CNN's Victor Blackwell is reporting that new surveillance video released Wednesday in the case of Kendrick Johnson, a Georgia teen found...
First Afro Latino Festival of New York Held in Brooklyn
On Saturday, June 29, 2013, the first Afro Latino Festival of New York: Listen to the Echo of the Drums in...
‘UNAPOLOGETIC’: Timely Doc Chronicles Black Women Activists in Chicago Fighting Police Violence
Kartemquin film's social justice documentary UNAPOLOGETIC is the directorial debut of Ashley O’Shay and producer Morgan Elise Johnson. The documentary chronicles...
Virgil Abloh: Fashion Phenom Dies of Cancer at 41
The world is reeling over the loss of visionary designer and artist Virgil Abloh. Abloh died today of a rare form...
Valerie Boyd: A Remembrance
Many in the arts, academic and writing world are mourning the loss of celebrated author Valerie Boyd, who passed away February...
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...
Ethiopian Singer Eyob Mekonnen Dies at 37
BBC Africa is reporting that Ethiopian singer Eyob Mekonnen has died. The popular reggae singer suffered a stroke last Tuesday in...
Spike Lee to Produce Bristol’s ‘Cthulu’ Film for Netflix
Angelique Jackson of Variety is reporting legendary filmmaker Spike Lee is producing “Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu” for Netflix....
CAMILLE A. BROWN: To Direct Upcoming Broadway Production of ‘For Colored Girls’
The Great White Way is getting a little browner. Producers Nelle Nugent, Ron Simons and Kenneth Teaton have helped make history with their announcement Tony...
We Can’t Let Star Athletes Like Oscar Pistorius and Ray Rice Off the Hook
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Dr. Nsenga Burton discusses the prevalence of violence against women in...
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