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Frederick Douglass, a renowned orator, statesman and abolitionist, is one of Black America’s most celebrated historical figures.  His great-great-grandson, Frederick Douglass IV, talks about his ancestor’s legacy. Discover the most comprehensive and insightful collection of historical perspectives with Tony Brown’s Journal Streaming Service, exclusively at TonyBrownsJournal.com. The entire digitally remastered Tony Brown’s Journal TV series,…

          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.    

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

Black Hollywood: Part 3 — The Middle Years:  Part 3 of this examination of the history of independently produced Black movies and the establishment of a Black film era, “The Middle Years,” picks up during the Depression years as independent filmmakers struggle for survival. The exclusion of Blacks from the motion picture industry and the…

TBJ SHOW #618 – BLACK HOLLYWOOD: PART 2 — FADING IN:  Part 2, “Fading In,” the second installment of the Black Hollywood four-part series, begins with the decision by the NAACP to answer D.W. Griffith’s racist epic, “The Birth of a Nation,” by producing a film that would highlight and celebrate Black progress. “The Birth…

TonyBrownsJournal.com Presents … The first episode of this fantastic glimpse into the archives of the motion picture industry, “Burnt Cork,” journeys back to the beginning with the invention of the first moving picture and follows the impact of African Americans in its development. As part of the film industry’s early beginnings, the Black image was…