Category: Historical Figures
Jeffersons Black & White DNA
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This edition of Tony Brown’s Journal features author Byron Woodson, Sr., discussing his findings in his book, A President In The Family, with host Tony Brown. The book is the most comprehensive account thus far tha...
The Black Leaders Summit of 1972 and the 1998 Follow Up: Part II
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An unprecedented gathering of the top Black leaders in 1972 appeared in a live 90-minute special. Among the guests: Charles Diggs, Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, Albert Cleage, Jr., Dick Gregory, and Elijah Muhammad (...
Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power
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Imagine being Black in the 1700s and becoming a self-taught surveyor who played a pivotal role in planning the layout of our nation’s capital. In 1753, at the age of 22, Banneker constructed a striking wooden clo...
Gold Is Also Black: The Story of a Black Quarterback
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Sandy Stephens was the first Black man to play quarterback for the storied University of Minnesota football team. In many ways, he was a forerunner of the athletic quarterbacks in the NFL today, scrambling to extend p...
Stars on Hollywood
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Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ben Vereen explain being Black in a hostile industry. (623)
Tuskegee Airmen — Clipped Wings – Pt. 1
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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 pilots were and are the first line of defense, the protectors of our fl...
Did History Miss Emmett Till?
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Author Clenora Hudson-Weems examines the gruesome 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. She also challenges the widespread belief that Rosa Parks’ refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated bus preci...
Africa’s Gift to America
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Tony Brown's Journal Clarifies the Impact of J. A. Rogers 🌍 This “Iconic, seminal Historian For All People” …. Joel Augustus Rogers (J. A. Rogers) was one of the earliest popularizers of African and African-American ...
Dr. Khalid Al Mansour Black Leadership & The Black Community
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Who should take responsibility for the condition of African-Americans? Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, author of “Betrayal By Any Other Name,” accuses both yesterday's and today's Black leadership. Dr. Al-Mansour says there...
Reflections of MLK
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This program highlights Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s contributions through archival footage and interviews with some of his closest associates. 2301
