“HOLY OR HISTORY: HOW DO YOU READ THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE?” (TBJ show #2418) Gary Greenberg, president of the Biblical Archaeology Society of New York, has written two powerful books that examine the foundations of Judaism and Christianity. Mr. Greenberg discusses the influence of Egyptian history on the Christian Bible. Greenberg is also the author of…
During the 1978 season of Tony Brown’s Journal, host Tony Brown told you about “His-Story.” Tony Brown’s Journal program, “His-Story: Black History’s Little-Known Facts,” is a continuing discussion of little-known facts about the history made by Blacks, with Dr. Lerone Bennett, Jr., famed historian, scholar and author of “Before the Mayflower” and “What Manner of…
J. A. Rogers is a very diligent and prolific author of some 10 books. Among them, Sex and Race in three volumes, World’s Great Men and Women of Color and Africa’s Gift To America. Rogers’ books will not let us rest, nor remain comfortable with man-made racial terms. Rogers admitted, however, that to determine who…
Were the Egyptians Black or White? Are Black Americans linked to the Nile Valley civilization and why is that important? Are Black scholars distorting history to make Black people feel good? Richard Poe, former senior editor of Success Magazine and author of “Black Spirit, White Fire,” shares the answers to these questions.
Featured this week on TonyBrownsJournal.com … Southern Slavery — Northern Lie? — Pt. 2: Cotton was more than just another crop; it served as a “national currency.” Forty cents of every dollar each planter earned from selling his #cotton crop went to the North. New York was full of bankers, shippers, merchants, insurers and a…
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…
