‘Roseanne’ Train Wreck Raises Issues of Race in TV Coverage
Number of critics of color is abysmally low (5/30/18)...
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William Monroe Trotter Was Perhaps the Most ‘Rude’ African American Journalist This Nation Has Produced
William Monroe Trotter told President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, " "Two years ago, you were regarded as a second Abraham Lincoln . . . Now...
‘We Wanted to Do What We Could to Insure That the Voices of Black Columnists Would Speak the Loudest . . . ’
The idea that a group of black columnists would come together to share our common experiences and probe the soft underbelly of our craft was...
The Trotter Group: Opening Statement
You can't counter powerful white columnists without powerful black columnists, the late Les Payne told fellow commentators in his call to action at the Trotter...
‘Good Hair’ on the TV Set
Few natural styles on America's anchor teams (Oct. 8, 2009)...