Diahann Carroll, the star of her own television series during a time when very few African Americans could get a job at a television network, survived breast cancer, but it caught up with her again in 2019 and ended her life on this side – at the age of 84. She was, like Lena Horne,…
A recent picture of a still glamorous, youthful appearance of the “Band of Gold” symbol of African-American beauty aka Lena Horne (“Stormy Weather”), my biggest fan and dear friend, and Diane Carroll, a close friend of mine and heiress to Lena Horne’s crown as the first African-American beauty queen of television and movies. As you…
In 2001 a Washington Post headline reported, “Miss Evers’ Misses The Mark On Tuskegee Tragedy.” In my opinion, that statement of admonishment for the 2001 HBO film about the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is an understatement. The Washington Post initially stated, “The experiment turned out to be a heinous government experiment in which…
For 40 years, the Center for Disease Control, the official agency of the federal government, intentionally did not treat selected syphilitic Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama in order to study the effects of untreated syphilis. Even when penicillin became available in the 1940s, it was deliberately withheld as a treatment for the nation’s most dangerous…
Social change marches forward as Elon Musk, the richest human sentient in the world single-handedly reminds the world of the true meaning and essence of free speech on “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” on Fox Business TV (4/15/22). Musk has successfully avoided the ultimate pitfall of being too rich with money while remaining ignorant of common…
Therefore, on Monday, April 11, 2022, I celebrate the 89th anniversary of my miracle, I pledge to all of my friends on TonyBrownsJournal.com, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and all of their friends on their respective pages to salute your potential to learn and to grow as you mature. I am motivated by my experiences…
African Americans have been, since the Revolutionary War, the invisible strength in America’s defense. But while vital to the country’s security, their worth was not always acknowledged. Consequently, America’s African-American fighting men and women were forced into a defensive struggle within their own country. In every battle, African Americans have historically faced a series of…
Burnt Cork … Blackface caricatures, popularized in 19th century minstrel shows, recently have attracted renewed attention in the United States after old photographs recently emerged of White politicians in Virginia wearing blackface, thus condoning this European racist colonial tradition of insulting African people. THE PERSISTENCE OF BLACKFACE … As recent as 2019, the odious practice was…
Several weeks ago, I posted a blog in which I shared my Favorite 100 Tony Brown’s Journal programs (TonyBrownsJournal.com/blog/Tony-Browns-Favorite100). This week I am asking my friends, “Which Tony Brown’s Journal Programs Are Your Favorites? Was it my interview with the renowned Dr. Chancellor Williams where he discussed his book “The Destruction of Black Civilization” or…
You can’t understand the American experience unless you also know the African-American experience. A nation’s path out of the dark desperation it suffers must start with a knowledge of past universal truths if it is to lift all parts of the nation. A knowledge of the past achievements of a people is the ultimate index…
