Black Royalty … The informal king and queen of this artistic wing during much of this inspiring era of self-reliance from a conspicuously talented sociographic and intellectual expatriate colony of diverse descendants of Africa was the brilliant and legendary duo of Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis on December 18, 1917, in Cogdell, Ga.) and…
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…
TBJ #631 – “Mrs. Norman, We Love You”: Garnet High School in Charleston, West Virginia was Tony Brown’s high school. It was one of the most academically rigorous high schools in the nation and, as a result, in 1951, his freshman entrance exam to Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan was waived essentially because of…
In 2007, Dr. Carol M. Swain, a professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University and author of “Debating Immigration,” sat down and explored with me the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the U. S. (TBJ #3017 — Blacks Divided) Debating Immigration presents 18 original essays, written by some of the world’s…
Dr. Khalid Abduallah Tariq Al-Mansour is an international attorney and businessman. His college education was obtained at Howard University, where he majored in Philosophy and Logic, and the University of California School of Law at Berkeley, where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. Dr. Al-Mansour is also a Phi Beta Kappa scholarship recipient. THIS…
ON April 11, 2023, I WILL CELEBRATE the 90th anniversary of my miracle. I am, perhaps, exceptional, both by mundane standards of variable physical health and esoteric knowledge of what’s going on behind the current cosmic energy scene and the deeper human behavior studies of our collective psyche. I have known since my birth, at…
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…
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…
