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…
The music of the Black religious experience is the primary root of all music born in the United States. The Revered Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, aide to MLK and university scholar, musically demonstrates with a 100-member choir, on Tony Brown’s Journal show #827 & 829 (The Roots of Music and The Music Tree), how Black…
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…
How to build anabolic communities that heal themselves with aspirational core values that eliminate racism and sexism. Our communities and our nation were once focused on core values in all areas of life as a means of preparing the youth for service to others and a better future for themselves. Today, that same defining American trait…
GREAT BLACK MEN OF COLOR I submit my latest group of Black men of color during a period of great upheaval and unrest when so many men (or women) seam less able to inspire the rest of us with their deeds. Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before #BlackPanther, died…
Slavery’s Biggest Secret — Hidden facts about how the U. S. North has buried the truth about how “The North Promoted, Prolonged and Profited From Slavery.” Watch two special programs from the Tony Brown’s Journal collection (TBJ #2902 & 2903) that shed light on that very subject. TBJ #2902 — Slavery’s Biggest Secret – Part…
What is now called Black History is actually an indispensable fund of knowledge for everyone because it is the history of the origin of all of humanity, notwithstanding the usurpation of modern European and American colonial powers and institutions, which represents the baseline for White supremacy in the U. S. Black Alkebulan, “The Mother Of…
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