"1999-2000 Golden Web Awards"

The Golden Web Award is presented quarterly to those sites whose web design 
and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition. 
http://www.goldenwebawards.com/ 

HomePC magazine online's "Site of the Day"

The Black World Today
There's no better time than Black History Month to visit this site. The Black World Today is the place to read news of interest to black communities around the world, as well as sections on black history, lifestyles, travel, business and more. Run by a coalition of black journalists, writers, artists and entrepreneurs in the U.S. and abroad, the site's aim is to build an "online global Black community" via the World Wide Web.
--Lance Ulanoff
http://www.cmpnet.com/

Cybersmith's Hot Site of the Day

The Black World Today - A complete resource for black news and views with an international focus.

http://www.cybersmith.com/

Today's prescription is an outstanding resource for information for anyone who's fed up with the shallow, profit-driven "news" peddled by the U.S. mainstream media. The Black World Today puts most other major Web news outlets to shame when it comes to presenting insightful news and information that effects the daily lives of ordinary people.

The Black World Today covers news and views about black communities around the world. The stated purpose of the site's collective of journalists, writers, artists, activists, communicators and entrepreneurs is to chronicle the daily social, political, cultural and economic realities of black communities.

The Black World Today's vision is to be "a place where people come daily to feed their minds and souls with uplifting information and inspiration through a variety of activities." In our opinion, this site succeeds brilliantly.

In the wake of President Clinton's call for a national dialogue on race relations, The Black World Today steps to the fore of America's highly politicized but sheep-ishly approached debate on race and racism. TBWT delves into the social, political, cultural, and economic realities experienced by black communities in America and aboard - providing a spectrum of news, features, guest columnist, and noninflammatory conversation from blacks and whites attempting to "free {their} minds from the shackles of mental slavery." Earnest and informative, TBWT goes a long way toward bringing the racial divide, sidestepping the call for a presidential apology for slavery and focusing instead on meaningful communication.

Content - 5
Design - 5
Links - 4
Overall -- 5

Dear Web Site Developer:
Congratulations! NetGuide has selected your site as a Gold Site -- one of the best on the Web. The Gold Award recognizes Web sites that meet our stringent criteria for overall excellence. NetGuide has screened over 100,000 URLs and reviewed more than 50,000 sites and our Gold Award goes to only 15,000 of the Web's best sites. Thanks for giving us a great site to review.

"Net Rave" review: "TBWT.COM aims to be the one ‘must stop’ in cyberspace for Blacks the world over....with sophisticated design and knowing reportage, www.tbwt.com  seems to realize its ambitions...Here you’ll find cogent politico-economic and cultural analysis from a Pan-African perspective, complemented by historical and geographical profiles."

Hot Site of the Week:
"Some of the nation’s top Black thinkers contribute to The Black World Today. Nicely organized and brimming with news and commentary."

"What’s New on the Web" -- November 1996
Featured as one of Netscape’s hot new sites on the web to visit.

"Yahoo for the Day" -- November 25, 1966
Featured as one of sites on the Web not to be missed.

Reviewed tbwt.com as the website to visit for up to the minute news and views on the global Black community.

"The Black World Today is an excellent journalistic product. It is full of relevant news about people of color around the globe and the analysis of its columnists and commentators is thought-provoking and insightful."
Samori Marksman,
Program Director,
WBAI Radio

"The Black World Today is an invaluable source of up-to-date news and views on critical aspects of the global Black experience. Moreover, it is becoming a veritable cyberspace community for sisters and brothers around the world."
Gary Byrd,
Radio Talk Show Host,
WLIB Radio

Leading Black Intellectuals, Take to the Web

Several of Black America’s most prominent intellectuals and activists are now using the World Wide Web of the Internet to reach a global audience with commentaries and analyses on the contemporary African-American experience.

Academics like Harvard University’s Cornel West, Columbia University’s Manning Marable, and the University of Maryland’s Ron Walters, along with aclaimed writers Herb Boyd, Earl Ofari Hutchinson and others are now contributing regularly to The Black World Today (TBWT), an electronic publication on the Web (www.tbwt.com )."

"The Black World Today stands out among other Black publications for both the high quality and breadth of its news and commentaries about Black countries and communities in Africa, the Caribbean and North America."
Dr. John Henrik Clarke,
Historian