''Tony Brown's Journal'' is an American

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hosted by journalist Tony Brown. The program, which began on

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in 1978, was the successor to the series ''

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'', which had aired on the television network's

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and then

since 1968 and was produced and hosted by Brown from 1970. It ended in 2008.

Overview

Television talk show series featuring interviews with contemporary newsmakers of special interest to the

African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...

community.

Featured topics

* "The Ethnic Flaw 1984" with

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discussing

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* Black College Day, 1980 * Black Revolt in the 80s * "Songs for the Spirit" discussing the rise in popularity of nihilistic and satanic rock among American youth *

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil and political rights, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights move ...

* "Tribute to

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake began his career in 1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, drum ...

" * Black Men and

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* Lynching of

Emmett Till Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American youth, who was 14 years old when he was abducted and Lynching in the United States, lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, ...

* "When the Eagle Flies - The Impact of the Black Soldier" * Assassination of

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Islam in the United States, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figur ...

* Black astronaut, Frederick Drew Gregory * The Black Woman's Experience * America's Black Eagles * Black Stars in Hollywood * "When the Chickens Came Home to Roost", Award-winning 1982 New York stage hit * The Sullivan Principles * "Inside the Klan", interview with

Stetson Kennedy William Stetson Kennedy (October 5, 1916 – August 27, 2011) was an American author, folklorist and human rights activist. One of the pioneer folklore collectors during the first half of the 20th century, he is remembered for having infiltrated t ...

regarding his infiltration and exposure of the

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References

External links

''Tony Brown's Journal''
featuring

Meir Kahane Meir David HaKohen Kahane ( ; ; born Martin David Kahane; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born Israel, Israeli Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox ordained rabbi, writer and ultra-nationalist politician. Founder of the Israeli pol ...

and

Wyatt Tee Walker Wyatt Tee Walker (August 16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1958 became an early board mem ...

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