‘Searching for Shaniqua’: Documentary Asks What’s in a Black Name?
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire's founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. interviewed filmmaker Phill Branch about his upcoming...
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...
Jill Scott to Star in James Brown Biopic
Blackfilm.com is reporting that Grammy award-winning R&B singer and actress Jill Scott will be starring in a biopic about James Brown,...
Afro-Mexicans: Photographer Captures Culture of ‘Hidden People’
In a special report for CNN by Abby Reimer, the writer reports on the invisibility of Afro-Mexicans, many of whom are...
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...