Tony Brown welcomes Ryan Gross of Hampton, VA, as the first member of the Best Foot Forward unified group of winners who have joined in a unified effort to save our country, in response to my appeal to be a part of a much-needed drive to get enough non-violent, peace-loving people to work together to…
“AN AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON AND THE ULTIMATE UNITY REALITY” Black College Day, founded by Tony Brown in 1980, brought the support of U. S. President Ronald Reagan and added subsequent growth to U. S. financial markets! For those who understand the visible/invisible world…
A TRIBUTE TO ALL WOMEN EVERYWHERE! BLACK ROYALTY: PART 3 LENA HORNE An African-American Queen and An American Icon Every comment sounded like, not only a tribute of honor to all self-respecting women, especially African-American women who have been selected for an especially large dose of injustice and…
Diahann Carroll, the star of her own television series during a time when very few African Americans could get a job at a television network, survived breast cancer, but it caught up with her again in 2019 and ended her life on this side – at the age of 84. She was, like Lena Horne,…
A recent picture of a still glamorous, youthful appearance of the “Band of Gold” symbol of African-American beauty aka Lena Horne (“Stormy Weather”), my biggest fan and dear friend, and Diane Carroll, a close friend of mine and heiress to Lena Horne’s crown as the first African-American beauty queen of television and movies. As you…
In 2001 a Washington Post headline reported, “Miss Evers’ Misses The Mark On Tuskegee Tragedy.” In my opinion, that statement of admonishment for the 2001 HBO film about the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is an understatement. The Washington Post initially stated, “The experiment turned out to be a heinous government experiment in which…
For 40 years, the Center for Disease Control, the official agency of the federal government, intentionally did not treat selected syphilitic Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama in order to study the effects of untreated syphilis. Even when penicillin became available in the 1940s, it was deliberately withheld as a treatment for the nation’s most dangerous…
Social change marches forward as Elon Musk, the richest human sentient in the world single-handedly reminds the world of the true meaning and essence of free speech on “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” on Fox Business TV (4/15/22). Musk has successfully avoided the ultimate pitfall of being too rich with money while remaining ignorant of common…
Therefore, on Monday, April 11, 2022, I celebrate the 89th anniversary of my miracle, I pledge to all of my friends on TonyBrownsJournal.com, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and all of their friends on their respective pages to salute your potential to learn and to grow as you mature. I am motivated by my experiences…
African Americans have been, since the Revolutionary War, the invisible strength in America’s defense. But while vital to the country’s security, their worth was not always acknowledged. Consequently, America’s African-American fighting men and women were forced into a defensive struggle within their own country. In every battle, African Americans have historically faced a series of…
