The Tuskegee Airmen — “America’s Black Air Force” in WWII The pilots of America’s WWII armed forces were highly skilled flyers who became the stars of war stories and the ingredients of legends. These Black pilots were and are the first line of defense, the protectors of our fleets and the rulers of the skies…
Ralph Cooper: There Was A Time … Ralph Cooper was an icon of the Apollo Theater legacy for decades. He was the founder and original emcee of the Original Harlem Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in 1935 in Harlem, New York City. This long tradition ended with his death on August 4, 1992. However,…
Separatism never has been the major driving force of Black Colleges. Clearly, these schools were not the evil the Brown versus Board of Education decision sought to eradicate. They were the product, not the cause of the evil identified in Brown v. Board of Ed, that is, the exclusion of Black students from White institutions….
TBJ SHOW #829 – PART II: “THE MUSIC TREE:” Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., and university scholar, musically demonstrates with a 100-member choir how Black Americans wrote their true history in musical notes and explains how Black music made American music. The music of the Black religious experience is…
The music of the Black religious experience is the primary root of all music born in the United States. The Revered Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, aide to MLK and university scholar, musically demonstrates with a 100-member choir, on Tony Brown’s Journal show #827 & 829 (The Roots of Music and The Music Tree), how Black…
This 1989 program features National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer football player Jim Brown. It has been said by many sports observers that Jim Brown is one of the greatest football players that have ever lived. However, depending on your location around the country, being the greatest football player is highly debatable. This program…
TonyBrownsJournal.com presents “The History of Black Music” as a tribute to the outstanding faculties, staff, and students at the 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). During this period of American cultural decline, African-American culture is getting a big boost from Black music at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This reminds me of back…
TBJ #2406 – “SLAVE VALUES” – PART 2: In part two of this two-part series entitled “Slave Values,” Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, the author of “The Lost Books of Africa Rediscovered,” continues his discussion of Black history and culture. He details the effects of “slave values” on the African-American psyche and concludes that this slave mentality…
“ORIGINS”: In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, the author of “The Lost Books of Africa Rediscovered,” discusses the origins and achievements of the Black African Diaspora. Dr. Al-Mansour traces what he calls an “illustrious history” that has been buried throughout the ages. Dr. Khalid Abduallah Tariq Al-Mansour is an international attorney…
“The White Girl” follows the story of a woman named Kim, played by Troy Beyer, who was raised by socially ambitious parents. Despite being Black, her parents do not associate with or acknowledge other Black people. As a result, they raise Kim to identify as a White girl. Kim’s lack of racial identity causes her…
