Slavery could not have become institutionalized in the South without the active participation of northerners in the United States. As the authors argue, the state of Connecticut, and the entire nation, were complicit. This “complicity” took many forms – ownership of slaves, promotion and funding of the slave trade and active involvement in it, support…
Did you know that the most prolific Black – if not the most prolific independent – filmmaker in American cinema, Oscar Micheaux, wrote, produced and directed 44 feature-length films between 1919 and 1948. Micheaux, born on January 2, 1884 in Metropolis, Illinois, the fifth child in a family of thirteen, worked as a shoeshine boy,…
TBJ #2201 – “IN THE WORDS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS”: In the 1960s, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the premier spokesman for the Black community, articulating the struggle for freedom and equality. Rev. King carried on the tradition of another stirring voice for Black progress, Frederick Douglass. This edition relives the Black struggle to achieve…
A TEAR ON THE FACE OF AMERICA Freedom and Hope – two great symbols in our society represent those ideals. The Fourth of July Celebration is a reminder of the greatness and beauty of the concept of freedom. And when you look at the Statue of Liberty, you see a symbol of hope, an ancient…
Doug Williams was the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, but before Doug Williams there was Sandy Stephens. Stephens, a second-round pick in the 1962 draft had the opportunity to play in the NFL – just not as a quarterback. “Sandy Stephens was a pioneer,” Tony Dungy said. “Sandy quarterbacked at a time…
“Asia and Blacks”: Historian and scholar Dr. Runoko Rashidi has researched the African presence globally and the African foundations of world civilizations. Host Tony Brown sits down to discuss little-known facts about African origins in Asia with Dr. Rashidi. Tony Brown’s Journal, “the most complete and thoughtful record of African-American opinion,” is in the…
TBJ #2406 – “SLAVE VALUES” – PART 2: In part two of this two-part series entitled “Slave Values,” Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, the author of “The Lost Books of Africa Rediscovered,” continues his discussion of Black history and culture. He details the effects of “slave values” on the African-American psyche and concludes that this slave mentality…
“ORIGINS”: In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, the author of “The Lost Books of Africa Rediscovered,” discusses the origins and achievements of the Black African Diaspora. Dr. Al-Mansour traces what he calls an “illustrious history” that has been buried throughout the ages. Dr. Khalid Abduallah Tariq Al-Mansour is an international attorney…
Great Black Men of Color featured on TonyBrownsJournal.com TBJ #323 — GREAT BLACK MEN OF COLOR: J.A. Rogers spent the majority of his lifetime pioneering the field of Black studies with his exhaustive research on the major names in Black history whose contributions or even very existence have been glossed over. Dr. John Henrik Clark…
TBJ #111 – Has America Had Five Black Presidents? An investigation of five U. S. presidents who were alleged to have Black ancestry is presented in J. A. Rogers’ book “The Five Negro Presidents.” Rogers’ book was intended to denounce categorizing different ethnicities and combine them into the human race. J. A. Rogers subsequently revealed…
