Jazz Legend: Dr. Donald Byrd

March 9th, 2023 in Posted in:

  “JAZZ LEGEND: DONALD BYRD” Guest Donald Byrd shares his jazz career with Tony Brown and a live studio audience. As a sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while remaining a jazz artist. As…



Legends of Comedy

March 3rd, 2023 in Posted in:

          TBJ #2206 – “LEGENDS OF COMEDY” This program features a tribute to comedy with a litany of entertainer giants such as Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, George Kirby, Nipsey Russell and Moms Mabley.



Benjamin Banneker: Truth-To-Power

February 24th, 2023 in Posted in:

Imagine being Black in the 1700s and becoming a self-taught surveyor who played a pivotal role in planning the layout of our nation’s capital. In 1753, at the age of 22, Banneker constructed a striking wooden clock without having ever seen a clock before (although he had examined a pocket watch). He painstakingly carved the…



Dr. Wyatt T. Walker Explains “The Music Tree”

February 17th, 2023 in Posted in:

TBJ SHOW #829 – PART II: “THE MUSIC TREE:”  Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., and university scholar, musically demonstrates with a 100-member choir how Black Americans wrote their true history in musical notes and explains how Black music made American music. The music of the Black religious experience is…



Africa’s Downfall

February 3rd, 2023 in Posted in:

Why were Africans, the first builders of civilization in the cradle of world civilization and the discoverers of mathematics, writing, sciences, engineering, medicine, religion, fine arts, and the builders of the great pyramids, so easily toppled? Dr. Chancellor Williams, the widely-acclaimed historian, continues his discussion with Tony Brown as to why this occurred. The Destruction…



The History of Black Music – Pt. 2

January 26th, 2023 in Posted in:

TonyBrownsJournal.com presents “The History of Black Music – Part 2” as a tribute to the outstanding faculties, staffs, and students at the 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). During this period of American cultural decline, African-American culture is getting a big boost from Black music at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This reminds…



Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 13th, 2023 in Posted in:

Tony Brown’s Journal program #2702 is my essay on Martin Luther King, Jr.  It’s a story of reality, truth, vision, courage and transformation on the one hand and racism, betrayal and conspiracy on the other. Ultimately, it explains the transition of a great man to a better place. I will also share with you in…



Dr. Chancellor Williams: The Destruction of Black Civilization

January 6th, 2023 in Posted in:

Africans, the first builders of civilization in the cradle of world civilization and the discoverers of mathematics, writing, sciences, engineering, medicine, religion, fine arts and the builders of the great pyramids, were easily toppled. Dr. Chancellor Williams, a widely-acclaimed historian, continues his discussion with Tony Brown as to why this occurred.   CHANCELLOR WILLIAMS, historian…



Gen. Frank E. Petersen: “A Real Tough Guy”

December 30th, 2022 in Posted in:

  “A REAL TOUGH GUY” GEN. FRANK E. PETERSEN: Tony Brown sits down and talks one-on-one with the US Marines’ 1st Black general – General Frank E. Petersen. In a 2016 ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, DDG 121, will be named…



Historical Black Women In The Military

December 23rd, 2022 in Posted in:

African-American women in military service also did not receive proper recognition for their service. Reflecting that apartheid custom, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only African-American WAC unit to serve overseas in WWII. This unit was responsible for redirecting the mail to the GIs on the battlefield, a Sisyphean feat, considering that troops…