Todd Steven Burroughs is a journalist, historian and popular culture geek. He believes [this](https://drumsintheglobalvillage.com/2014/01/10/asante-sana-amiri-baraka-2-of-3/). A Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, he is a lifelong student of the history of Black media. He is the author of *[Warrior Princess: A People’s Biography of Ida B. Wells ](https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Princess-Peoples-Biography-Wells/dp/1937306607/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)*and *[Marvel’s Black Panther, A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.amazon.com/Marvels-Black-Panther-Biography-Ta-Nehisi/dp/193730664X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521482094&sr=8-1&keywords=marvel%27s+black+panther+comic+book+biography),* both published by [Diasporic Africa Press.](https://dafricapress.com/) His audiobook, *[Son-Shine On Cracked Sidewalks,](http://imixwhatilike.org/2014/06/30/sonshineoncrackedsidewalks/)* is about the 2014 Newark, N.J. mayoral election. He is a co-author with Herb Boyd of the book *[Civil Rights: Yesterday and Today](http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Rights-Yesterday-Today-Herb/dp/1450810306/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297948869&sr=1-1)*, and one of four primary authors of the book *[Civil Rights Chronicle](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785349243/103-9352499-8007813?v=glance&n=283155)*, both published by Legacy Publishing/Publications International. He is the co-editor with Dr. Jared Ball, full professor at Morgan State University’s Africana Studies Department, of the book *[A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X](http://www.amazon.com/Lie-Reinvention-Correcting-Manning-Marables/dp/1574780492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331818236&sr=8-1)*, published by Black Classic Press. He is a contributor to several other books, including *[Race And Resistance: African-Americans in the Twenty-First Century](http://amazon.com/gp/product/0896086526/103-9352499-8007813?v=glance&n=283155)* (South End Press), *[Putting The Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878554182/sr=1-1/qid=1153872722/ref=sr_1_1/103-9352499-8007813?ie=UTF8&s=books)* (Teaching for Change and PRRAC), *[The Fifties Chronicle](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412711878/103-9352499-8007813?v=glance&n=283155)* (Legacy/Publishing/Publications International), and the *[Ethnic Media In America](http://amazon.com/gp/product/0757509185/sr=1-1/qid=1153843686/ref=sr_1_1/103-9352499-8007813?ie=UTF8&s=books)* scholarly anthology series (Kendall/Hunt). He is writing a book about *[Freedomways](http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedomways-1961-1985)*[ magazine](http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedomways-1961-1985) and hopes to one day write a monograph on WABC-TV’s [Gil Noble](http://blackagendareport.com/content/black-was-color-his-tv-tube-asante-sana-gil-noble-and-wabc-tv%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9C-it-is%E2%80%9D) and [his television program, ](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&oq=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&gs_l=youtube.4..35i39l2j0.2727.5947.0.6288.20.20.0.0.0.0.113.1300.18j2.20.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.HGyAyqfAcrs)*[Like It Is](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&oq=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&gs_l=youtube.4..35i39l2j0.2727.5947.0.6288.20.20.0.0.0.0.113.1300.18j2.20.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.HGyAyqfAcrs)*. In 2020 he just finished a full draft of *Talking Drums and Raised Fists: [Mumia Abu-Jamal,](https://owd.tcnj.edu/~kpearson/Mumia/index.htm) A Biography Of A Voice*, and published in 2022 *[The Trials of Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Biography in 25 Voices,](https://dafricapress.com/The-Trials-of-Mumia-Abu-Jamal-A-Biography-in-25-Voices-p471101280)* a collective biography of the imprisoned journalist. He has written for magazines such as *[The Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(magazine))*, *[ColorLines](http://www.colorlines.com/)*, *Black Issues Book Review* and *[The Crisis](http://www.thecrisismagazine.com/)*, websites such as *[The Root](https://www.theroot.com/search?blogId=1635821517&q=Todd%20Steven%20Burroughs%20×tamp=1596981569173)*, *[NewsOne.com](http://newsone.com/)*, *[Ebony](http://www.ebony.com/search/Todd+Steven+Burroughs#axzz2gVoZmfOS)*[.com](http://www.ebony.com/search/Todd+Steven+Burroughs#axzz2gVoZmfOS) and *[BlackAmericaWeb.com](http://www.blackamericaweb.com/)*, newspapers such as *[The New York Amsterdam News](http://www.amsterdamnews.org/news/default.asp)* and *The* (Newark, N.J.) *Star-Ledger*, and for wire services such as [The NNPA News Service](http://www.nnpa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44), [Capital News Service](http://www.merrill.umd.edu/cns) (of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism) and the Knight-Ridder Wire. He began his career as a correspondent for The New Jersey edition of *[The Afro-American](http://www.afro.com/)* newspaper chain in 1985. He currently writes for *[imixwhatilike.org](https://imixwhatilike.org/),* Ball’s long-running multimedia website, and is thinking about writing longform journalism for *[Medium.com](https://medium.com/)*.

Todd Steven Burroughs, Ph.D.

Ph.D. With Liberal Arts/History/Writing Experience

About

Todd Steven Burroughs is a journalist, historian and popular culture geek. He believes [this](https://drumsintheglobalvillage.com/2014/01/10/asante-sana-amiri-baraka-2-of-3/). A Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, he is a lifelong student of the history of Black media. He is the author of *[Warrior Princess: A People’s Biography of Ida B. Wells ](https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Princess-Peoples-Biography-Wells/dp/1937306607/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)*and *[Marvel’s Black Panther, A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.amazon.com/Marvels-Black-Panther-Biography-Ta-Nehisi/dp/193730664X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521482094&sr=8-1&keywords=marvel%27s+black+panther+comic+book+biography),* both published by [Diasporic Africa Press.](https://dafricapress.com/) His audiobook, *[Son-Shine On Cracked Sidewalks,](http://imixwhatilike.org/2014/06/30/sonshineoncrackedsidewalks/)* is about the 2014 Newark, N.J. mayoral election. He is a co-author with Herb Boyd of the book *[Civil Rights: Yesterday and Today](http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Rights-Yesterday-Today-Herb/dp/1450810306/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297948869&sr=1-1)*, and one of four primary authors of the book *[Civil Rights Chronicle](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785349243/103-9352499-8007813?v=glance&n=283155)*, both published by Legacy Publishing/Publications International. He is the co-editor with Dr. Jared Ball, full professor at Morgan State University’s Africana Studies Department, of the book *[A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X](http://www.amazon.com/Lie-Reinvention-Correcting-Manning-Marables/dp/1574780492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331818236&sr=8-1)*, published by Black Classic Press. He is a contributor to several other books, including *[Race And Resistance: African-Americans in the Twenty-First Century](http://amazon.com/gp/product/0896086526/103-9352499-8007813?v=glance&n=283155)* (South End Press), *[Putting The Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878554182/sr=1-1/qid=1153872722/ref=sr_1_1/103-9352499-8007813?ie=UTF8&s=books)* (Teaching for Change and PRRAC), *[The Fifties Chronicle](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412711878/103-9352499-8007813?v=glance&n=283155)* (Legacy/Publishing/Publications International), and the *[Ethnic Media In America](http://amazon.com/gp/product/0757509185/sr=1-1/qid=1153843686/ref=sr_1_1/103-9352499-8007813?ie=UTF8&s=books)* scholarly anthology series (Kendall/Hunt). He is writing a book about *[Freedomways](http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedomways-1961-1985)*[ magazine](http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedomways-1961-1985) and hopes to one day write a monograph on WABC-TV’s [Gil Noble](http://blackagendareport.com/content/black-was-color-his-tv-tube-asante-sana-gil-noble-and-wabc-tv%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9C-it-is%E2%80%9D) and [his television program, ](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&oq=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&gs_l=youtube.4..35i39l2j0.2727.5947.0.6288.20.20.0.0.0.0.113.1300.18j2.20.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.HGyAyqfAcrs)*[Like It Is](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&oq=Gil+Noble+Like+It+IS&gs_l=youtube.4..35i39l2j0.2727.5947.0.6288.20.20.0.0.0.0.113.1300.18j2.20.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.HGyAyqfAcrs)*. In 2020 he just finished a full draft of *Talking Drums and Raised Fists: [Mumia Abu-Jamal,](https://owd.tcnj.edu/~kpearson/Mumia/index.htm) A Biography Of A Voice*, and published in 2022 *[The Trials of Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Biography in 25 Voices,](https://dafricapress.com/The-Trials-of-Mumia-Abu-Jamal-A-Biography-in-25-Voices-p471101280)* a collective biography of the imprisoned journalist. He has written for magazines such as *[The Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(magazine))*, *[ColorLines](http://www.colorlines.com/)*, *Black Issues Book Review* and *[The Crisis](http://www.thecrisismagazine.com/)*, websites such as *[The Root](https://www.theroot.com/search?blogId=1635821517&q=Todd%20Steven%20Burroughs%20&timestamp=1596981569173)*, *[NewsOne.com](http://newsone.com/)*, *[Ebony](http://www.ebony.com/search/Todd+Steven+Burroughs#axzz2gVoZmfOS)*[.com](http://www.ebony.com/search/Todd+Steven+Burroughs#axzz2gVoZmfOS) and *[BlackAmericaWeb.com](http://www.blackamericaweb.com/)*, newspapers such as *[The New York Amsterdam News](http://www.amsterdamnews.org/news/default.asp)* and *The* (Newark, N.J.) *Star-Ledger*, and for wire services such as [The NNPA News Service](http://www.nnpa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44), [Capital News Service](http://www.merrill.umd.edu/cns) (of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism) and the Knight-Ridder Wire. He began his career as a correspondent for The New Jersey edition of *[The Afro-American](http://www.afro.com/)* newspaper chain in 1985. He currently writes for *[imixwhatilike.org](https://imixwhatilike.org/),* Ball’s long-running multimedia website, and is thinking about writing longform journalism for *[Medium.com](https://medium.com/)*.

Education

University of Maryland, College Park

Ph.D, Journalism / August, 2001

College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Experience

Writer and Public Historian

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