In his first public appearance in several years, the 81-year-old nationally-renowned icon, who was dubbed “TV’s Civil Rights Crusader” by Black Enterprise magazine in 1979, and host and producer of the longest-running and only Black-affairs TV series on PBS for 40 years, was also the coordinator of the largest civil rights march in U. S. history…
The recent riots in Ferguson, Missouri were a repetition of the same pathology among Blacks that I experienced as a young man in Detroit in the 60s. Blacks destroyed their own neighborhoods. The infamous 1968 Detroit riots and the mostly young angry Blacks who burned their own homes, businesses and neighborhoods was a big factor…
I don’t love him, Imam W. Deen Mohammed, just because he saved my life. I love him, most and foremost, because of his values, integrity, character and manly deeds on behalf of all people in all countries of the world to secure a peaceful planet. To him, I say, “Blessings Be Unto You.” And anyone…
This blog originated as the result of a Facebook response to a comment to Tony Brown by Habeed Love who responded to Natalie E. Spooner Ferguson: “You sound like you are influenced by Imam WDM,” he wrote. I certainly am, and with good reason. He was one of my dearest friends and one of the…
I am a child of the Creator of us all and a part of the ALL, the ultimate force that represents the intelligence of everything that exists as the composite force in the universe. Our ancestors in ancient Egypt who were often Ancient Masters of specialized spiritual wisdom, very unlike the religious nut jobs of…
I shared the Tony Brown’s Journal Video & Film Collection Catalog cover with an associate. Below is her response: “Oh My Stars. This certainly got my ATTENTION! Compelling. Eye Opening and necessary. A call to WAKE UP people. Knowledge is perception, reality and POWER! Rise Up, You Mighty People.” It is my opinion that if…
Tasha Leggett Leggett, it is my opinion that if you watch all 1,000 videos and films in the Tony Brown’s Journal collection, you will have the equivalent knowledge-base of a university Ph. D. degree on the history of the African-American experience. In the last six days, my post “Was J. Edgar Hoover Black?: The Question…
Do Blacks really want to be socially and economically equal or do we just want to talk the idea to death with pity-party responses to our predicament? I recently shared my ideas on this crucial issue with members of the Black Business Network at their annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The response on my Tony…
“Rise Up, You Mighty Race,” is a famous quote by Marcus Mosiah Garvey. If you believe in Marcus Garvey’s self-help message from back in the 20s, your time has come. Empowerment is now. Timothy P. Washington summarized this point very well in his comment: “I am in agreement. The time is NOW!! These things happen…
A few days ago I posted a picture of Black athletes in the 60s. Some of the comments said that the Black athletes of the 60s were “cut from a different cloth” and that it wasn’t about the “money,” but about “dignity and respect.” One comment even made the point that these sports giants of…
