When rumors surfaced this week that Sharpton was under consideration for the MSNBC job, one NABJ member told colleagues without challenge, "This would...
cjr.org | Posted 07.26.2011
Mainstream journalism or a desire to delve more deeply into African-American issues. Whatever the reasons, with increasing frequency, African-American...
Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 06.19.2011
The New York Post has revealed that CNN is once again considering adding a person of color to one of their nighttime anchor spots, a move that is long overdue.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011
The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011
The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011
Ed Bradley's well televised presence inspired Black America to believe in the potential reality of equality, while simultaneously educating White America to the promise of opportunity.
Washington Times | Joseph Curl | Posted 05.25.2011
After the first black president completed his first prime-time press conference, the black press was red hot. "We were window dressing," said Hazel E...
Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.25.2011
Eight days before Barack Obama is sworn in, the relative paucity of black journalists at the White House is striking. A mostly white press corps at 16...
The Maynard Institute | Posted 09.20.2011