Black Filmmakers That Changed the Game
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton highlights black filmmakers that changed the game for blacks in the Hollywood film...
Australia Passes Bill to Officially Recognize Indigenous Population
BBC News UK is reporting that Australia's lower house has unanimously passed a bill recognizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples as the country's...
Mali Takes Back Hombori from Islamist Rebels
BBC Africais reporting that Malian and French troops have retaken the town of Hombori, officials say, as they continue their campaign to regain control...
Akosua Report: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
by Akosua Lowery
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
“History must restore what slavery took away from the Negro, his glorious past to act as stimulation for inspiration for...
Jamaica: Sheckema Cunningham Makes Martial Arts History
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Sheckema Cunningham, a rising star in the world of martial arts, has made history. Jamaica’s sports minister Neita Headley...
Remembering Paul Robeson: The Emperor Jones
by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.
If you're familiar with the term, "Renaissance Man," then the name Paul Robeson is not news to you. The son...
Akosua Report: Patrice Émery Lumumba
by Akosua Lowery
Patrice Émery Lumumba
“Lumumba the greatest Black man who ever walked the African continent. He didn’t fear anybody. He had those people...
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 on the campus...
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 Lowery. The Akosua...
Mali: Islamist Rebels Seize Diabaly
The BBC is reporting that Islamist fighters in Mali have seized a town in government-controlled territory amid a military intervention by France.
French Defense Minister...
