Veterans Day: The Caribbean Honors Overlooked WWI Soldiers
Gemma Handy of the BBC is reporting on the 16,000 Caribbean men and women who volunteered to serve in WWI, also...
Emmys 2015: Regina King and Viola Davis Win
A beautiful thing happened on the way to the Emmys. Just as those of us watching the 2015 Emmys were wondering...
19th Amendment Centennial: Remembering Black Women Suffragists
Writing for Courier Newsroom, The Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. discusses the importance of writing the work...
Michael Brown: Parents Appeal to U.N. Committee
CNN is reporting that the parents of Michael Brown, 18, a Missouri teen killed by police officer Darren Wilson, 28, have...
Atlanta Hawks, NCCHR, ESPN Celebrate Sports and Activism
Set up on the third floor of Atlanta’s Philips Arena Experience is a rectangular time capsule commemorating how athletes spanning seven...
The Hunger Games: Reprisal of the Mammy Figure
(SPOILER ALERT)
The mammy figure has been a constant figure in film, beginning with actress Jennie Lee as "Mammy" in the very...
LeVar Burton: Reading Rainbow & Roots Educate Youth
LeVar Burton thinks his purpose in life is to provide solutions to persisting educational crises in America. For 23 seasons, he...
Prince Rogers Nelson: Fans Remember Him on #PrinceDay
The one and only Prince Rogers Nelson passed away on April 21, 2016, much to the shock and chagrin of the...
Frederick Douglass: Descendants Read Famous July 4th Speech (VIDEO)
The descendants of abolitionist and anti-slavery and women's rights activist Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches:...
George Stinney Jr. Exonerated: 14-Year-Old Executed for Crime is Cleared
NBC News is reporting that 70 years after South Carolina executed a 14-year-old boy so small he sat on a phone...
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