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Tuskegee Airmen: Clipped Wings – Pt. 1

August 12th, 2023 in

The Tuskegee Airmen — “America’s Black Air Force” in WWII  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 Black pilots were and are the first line of defense, the protectors of our fleets and the rulers of the skies…


The Tuskegee Airmen – Pt. 3: Jim Crow’s Graveyard

July 28th, 2023 in

The Tuskegee Airmen — Part 3 – Jim Crow’s Graveyard. Shooting down German airplanes, rather than effectively carrying out the assigned duties of close ground support and bomber escort, emerged as the criterion for the judgment of combat performance for the 99th. Ironically, at the height of the controversy stateside, the 99th received a reassignment…


Frederick Douglass: Orator, Statesman, Abolitionist

June 30th, 2023 in

Frederick Douglass, the renowned orator, statesman and abolitionist and a prominent leader in a colony of England, now known as the United States of America, moved our new nation, led by so-called “white” people who legally, albeit, not morally, forced the false doctrine of apartheid, the slavery of dark-skinned Africans, lock, stock and barrel, literally…


Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power

June 24th, 2023 in

“The hunt for ancestral talent or character that might explain the birth of a genius is usually futile. In the case of Benjamin Banneker, however, it has intriguing aspects that refuse to be ignored,” writes Charles A. Cerami in “Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot.” Banneker’s maternal grandmother, Molly Welsh, was originally identified as a…


Sandy Stephens A “FIRST BLACK” QUARTERBACK

June 15th, 2023 in

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…


Mrs. Norman, We Love You

June 8th, 2023 in

 TBJ #631 – “Mrs. Norman, We Love You”:  Garnet High School in Charleston, West Virginia was Tony Brown’s high school. It was one of the most academically rigorous high schools in the nation and, as a result, in 1951, his freshman entrance exam to Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan was waived essentially because of…


Jim Brown – NFL Legend

May 26th, 2023 in

This 1989 program features National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer football player Jim Brown. It has been said by many sports observers that Jim Brown is one of the greatest football players that have ever lived. However, depending on your location around the country, being the greatest football player is highly debatable. This program…


Blacks Divided

May 19th, 2023 in

In 2007, Dr. Carol M. Swain, a professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University and author of “Debating Immigration,” sat down and explored with me the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the U. S. (TBJ #3017 — Blacks Divided) Debating Immigration presents 18 original essays, written by some of the world’s…


Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour Presents “Origins”

May 6th, 2023 in

“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…


Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour

April 29th, 2023 in

Dr. Khalid Abduallah Tariq Al-Mansour is an international attorney and businessman. His college education was obtained at Howard University, where he majored in Philosophy and Logic, and the University of California School of Law at Berkeley, where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. Dr. Al-Mansour is also a Phi Beta Kappa scholarship recipient. THIS…