From the Library of Black History: Black Eagles
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A 30-minute version of the 90-minute theatrical documentary of how The Tuskegee Airmen Shot Jim Crow Out of the Skies. A true WWII story starring the real heroes themselves. (1304)
Thank God: An Aframerican Docu-Opera — Part 2
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"The music of the black religious experience," contends Tony Brown, host of the televised "Journal" that bears his name, "is the primary root of all music born in the United States." (805)
Has the Black Leadership Betrayed its Own Community?
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Who should take responsibility for the condition of African-Americans? Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, author of Betrayal By Any Other Name, accuses yesterday's and today's Black leadership. Dr. Al-Mansour says there is a hi...
How Do You Govern Yourself?
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Historically, there has been a link between Blacks in the Caribbean and the leadership of Black America that has its roots in the Caribbean. Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, chairman of the Organisation of Eas...
In the Words of Frederick Douglas
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In the 1960s, 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 eloquent voice for Black progr...
Benjamin Banneker: Truth To Power
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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 clo...
The Longest Struggle: The History of the NAACP
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was born “in a little room” in a New York apartment in 1909. It was conceived, however, in the adversity of racism, in the “deplorable conditions”...
A Rap Against Rap
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Pernicious words like “nigger” have become standard gutter talk among a “gangsta” subculture of African-Americans who call themselves rap artists. One black writer, columnist and cartoonist for the Tacoma Tribune got ...
