Oscar Micheaux: A Man Ahead Of His Time

June 29th, 2024 in Posted in:

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,…



Legends of Comedy

June 7th, 2024 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.    



Ronald Reagan: The President and Black America

May 23rd, 2024 in Posted in:

Tony Brown’s Journal Streaming service features this week a short clip of an interview I did with President Ronald Regan in 1982 called The President and Black America. www.TonyBrownsJournal.com/The-President-and-Black-America Tony Brown’s Journal Streaming makes available nearly 1,000 pieces of iconic, historical, and original content that award-winning journalist Tony Brown created during his 40 years as…



Southern Slavery, Northern Lies

May 17th, 2024 in Posted in:

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’s Biggest Secret

May 10th, 2024 in Posted in:

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…



Jazz Legend: Dr. Donald Byrd

April 26th, 2024 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 Sports

April 12th, 2024 in Posted in:

TBJ #2205 – “LEGENDS OF SPORTS” Arthur Ashe, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, and John Thompson are all legends in the sports world.  These renowned athletes are among the personalities profiled in this edition for their “winning spirit.” Tony Brown’s Journal Streaming Service Presents … “Legends of Sports” Arthur Ashe, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Robinson, Jim…



Matthew Henson: The Final Step

April 5th, 2024 in Posted in:

Who reached the North Pole first? Robert Peary or Matthew Alexander Henson? There is much controversy surrounding who was the first person to reach the North Pole. Normative history books tell us that Admiral Robert Peary was the man who “discovered” the North Pole. Is that accurate? Or did Matthew Henson step foot first on…



The Evolution of Sammy Davis

February 23rd, 2024 in Posted in:

It’s 1983 and Sammy Davis reflects on his television interview with me in 1971. Sammy Davis responded, “I’ve survived where other cats would have been down the tubes. A lot of people don’t like themselves. I’ve stopped trying to adjust because its uncomfortable, let me be the best me I can be.” Tony Brown offers…



The Great Debate

February 1st, 2024 in Posted in:

The great debate between Black psychiatrist Dr. Frances Welsing (who believes Whites are genetically inferior) and Nobel Prize winner Dr. William Shockley (who believes Blacks are genetically inferior). Back in the 1970s, a man named Dr. William Shockley embarked upon the mission of proving to the world that Black people were genetically inferior, without the…