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There Was A Time

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Ralph Cooper, founder of the Original Harlem Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater, was an icon of the Apollo legacy for decades.  This long tradition ended at his death on August 4, 1992.  During his long career, Ralph...

Booker T. Washington Freedom Trail – Part 1

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Booker T. Washington, educator and statesman, is Hampton University's most famous graduate and founder of Tuskegee University. In many ways, he embodies the spirit of all of Black higher education. He represented the ...

Two Good Ole’ Boys

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Why The Congress of the Black Caucus Opposes President Bush

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The 39-member Congressional Black Caucus calls itself the “Conscience of the Congress.”  Representative Elijah Cummings, who represents Maryland’s 7th district, serves as chair of the all-Democratic caucus.  When he w...

Who Was Stepin Fetchit?

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Who was the real man behind one of Hollywood’s most negative images, Stepin Fetchit? Author Mel Watkins explains that Lincoln Perry was very different from the lazy, bug-eyed buffoon on screen. (2905)

America’s Black Eagles — Part 3: Jim Crow’s Graveyard

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Discusses the Black experience in the military, focuses on the training and participation of Black airmen in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, such as the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron. Also ...

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...

On The Stump with Alex Haley

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What can Alex Haley tell us about the impact of ROOTS has had on Blacks and Whites?

Killing Them Harshly

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Several years after radio talk show host Joe Madison saw an examination of slavery in Mauritania and Sudan on Tony Brown’s Journal, he journeyed to Africa to do his own investigation.  What he found was heart wrenchin...

Is Race Medicine Good Medicine?

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A racially-targeted drug that reduces death from heart disease among African-Americans has stirred a controversy that questions the effectiveness of the drug. However, this race-based medicine has arrived in a society...