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How To Create Free-Market Self-Empowerment Online Networks

October 9th, 2015 in

The only way the U. S. Black community can gain control of its own $1-trillion annual spending power (the #10 economy in the world) is through a free-market system in which its members redistribute a significant portion of their income with one another by buying from one another. African Americans, for example, are an economic…


America, Start Over Again. Unification and a Free Market System of Blacks and Whites

September 25th, 2015 in

NOTE:   On the TonyBrownsJournal.com site there are video clips of rare and iconic programs from the Tony Brown’s Journal Video and Film collection that are available with just the click of a mouse — any time, any place – and as long as you want. These clips showcase many pivotal, yet often-overlooked experiences of African…


One Black Life That Did Not Matter

September 11th, 2015 in

Now that President Obama has vowed to take in scores of foreign nationals from the terrorist Islamist country of Syria who have not been vetted by any screening for citizen requirements, Americans had better understand what happened previously in 2007 in a parallel case of history to a 14-year-old African American girl who was gunned…


Religion And Politics Reach A New Low While Girls And Women Pay The Price

August 14th, 2015 in

In the midst of brutally raping a teen girl of the Yazidi religious minority tribe that the ISIS soldiers brand as “sabaya” (slave), the rapist justified his behavior with a questionable interpretation of the Islamic bible that he said justifies this severe treatment because he believes she is a slave. Once upon a time, the…


Only Black Self-Empowerment Can Secure The U. S. Economy And Subdue Racial Tensions

August 8th, 2015 in

Abdul Rahman Haron, 40, an illegal African migrant from the Sudan, “risked his life last week by climbing four fences, evading international search teams and as many as 400 security cameras and walking 30 miles in the darkness of the Channel Tunnel in an effort to reach Britain from Calais, France as he dodged 100-mile-per…


Tony Brown, “Television’s Civil Rights Crusader,” NABJ Hall of Fame 2015-2016 Inductee

July 25th, 2015 in

WASHINGTON, DC (July 20, 2015) – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 Hall of Fame Inductees, recipients of the highest recognition given by the organization. The induction ceremony will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC on December 16, 2015 as part of NABJ’s 40th Anniversary…


The U. S. Deal With The Devil

June 25th, 2015 in

On or shortly after June 30, 2015, the American government is expected to announce a pact with Iran (formerly called Aryan to conform with a Caucasian self-designation for a Persian civilization and currently the leading sponsor of international terrorism which is aimed primarily at the U. S. and Israel). To this terrorist regime, the U….


Retelling Black History To Prove History In 1,000 Episodes

March 27th, 2015 in

Now might be a good time for African-American parents to show the nation just how smart they are by producing (not just giving birth to) America’s most productive citizens. Instead, the American Black population is largely perceived as being a bunch of innate losers who refuse to help themselves while surrounded by opportunity and plenty….


The Vacuum Of Leadership And What Needs To Be Done

March 19th, 2015 in

Lazone Grays Jr  wrote the following comment on my Facebook Page: “It is hard to teach self-empowerment to our youth if the parents have yet to figure out how to do it themselves? I find too many parents want to support ‘their’ children for sports or to entertain, but not encourage or get them involved…


“Doing Well While Doing Good” Makes Money

March 7th, 2015 in

America’s mainstream media has officially, even historically, redefined the civil rights movement, but with White protesters increasingly replacing Black ones, even its leadership. (Tribune Newspapers, March 6, 2015)  If true, what are the economic consequences of the official loss of the Black protest movement in America? My response, on the last day of Black History…