#2501 – “SELENIUM AND VITAMIN E IN PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT”
The National Institutes of Health and a network of researchers have launched the largest prostate cancer prevention study ever to determine whether dietary supplements–Selenium and Vitamin E–can protect against prostate cancer. Dr. Lori Minasian, chief of the Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group at the National Cancer Institute, and Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell, director of Howard University Cancer Center, discuss cancer prevention and the impetus for the 12-year study.

#2502 – “PATRIOT GENERALS”
They are leaders among men. They were warriors guided by their patriotism in a united quest for freedom. The careers of four Black generals–Colin Powell, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Frank Petersen and Daniel “Chappie” James–are examined on this edition.
 
#2503 – “PATRIOT VOICES”
Sixty years following the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, America relived a similar horror on September 11, 2001. And while the events of December 7, 1941 sent this country to war, the events of September 11 forged a new era of patriotism and turned the spotlight on the veterans who gave their lives for their country’s freedom. Their voices speak loud and live on forever. In their own words, some of these brave Americans recall the stories that wrote our nation’s history.

#2504 – “PATRIOT AVIATORS”
They are the first line of defense, the protectors of our fleets and the rulers of the skies against all enemies. They are the pilots of America’s armed forces, highly skilled flyers who became the stars of war stories and the ingredients of legends. From their unique perspective, these aviators, including members of America’s only Black air force, "The Tuskegee Airmen" give a bird’s eye view of war.

#2505 – “PATRIOT SOLDIER, TWO WARS”
Always denied and rarely honored, they peeled the scars of racism to answer their country’s call to duty. The mere decision to go to war for a country that deprived them of their basic human rights underscores the unheralded character of the Black veteran who was at the same time at home and at war.

#2506 – “DOES SOAP AND WATER FIGHT CANCER?”
Kenneth Seaton, author of Albumin Concentration Controls Cancer, which was recently published in the Journal of the National Medical Association says that albumin is the most abundant serum protein in the body and is comprised of 585 amino acids. He says that albumin is the barometer of good health. On this program, Mr. Seaton discusses the association between hygiene and disease.
 
#2507 – “HOW TO PROFILE THE BAD GUYS”
Opinion polls show that most people publicly condemn racial profiling by police officers but that many privately feel that underlying the practice is a national and effective police tactic. Since America’s heightened awareness of worldwide terrorism and the urgency of homeland security, this concept has become even more complex and troublesome. Professor David Harris, author of Profiles in Injustice, says that the “common sense” idea of racial profiling does not help fight crime and it will not prevent future terrorism.

#2508 – “FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: THE POLITICS OF ROY INNIS”
Roy Innis, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), appeared in a 1972 Tony Brown’s Journal television special with the most influential and ideologically diverse group of Black leaders in the United States to discuss the future of Black America. Thirty years later, Mr. Innis examines how the times have changed and how his ideological views have shifted from liberal to conservative.

#2509 – “FROM RIGHT TO LEFT: THE POLITICS OF GLENN LOURY”
Glenn Loury, the first Black professor of economics at Harvard University and a leading Black conservative, discusses his battle with drugs, his ideological evolution from conservative to independent, and his new book, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality.

#2510 – “IS THE HUMAN RACE OUR BEST KEPT SECRET?”
Dr. Joseph Graves, Jr., a professor of evolutionary biology and African American studies at Arizona State University, believes that humans cannot be separated by genetics into races. Author of The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race At The Millennium, Graves says that there are too MANY shared genes between people of European and African descent in the U.S. to allow for racial delineation.

#2511 – “IS UNCONSCIOUS RACISM A KILLER?”
A new Congressional study by the Institute of Medicine suggests that the race gap in medicine may be a serious issue because unconscious racism among doctors could be a cause of death among Blacks–even when their incomes and insurance are the same as Whites. Dr. Gary Dennis, chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Howard University Hospital and former president of the National Medical Association, discusses the results of the survey and the health gap between Blacks and Whites.

#2512 – “IS RACE NO LONGER IMPORTANT?”
Educator Annie S. Barnes, author of Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, charges that racism is still a pernicious and destructive part of everyday life in Black America. Through personal accounts of daily forms of discrimination, Barnes describes, analyzes and interprets what she calls “the reality of modern racism.”

#2513 – “THE ONE DROP RULE”
Scott Malcomson, a member of The New York Times editorial board and author of One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race, explains the meaning behind what he calls the essence of whiteness–the origins of a white sense of specialness. In a revealing interview, he says that pre-modern written records around the world rarely contain references to light-skinned people, those we today designate as a white race, as white people.

#2514 --“EDUCATION: WHAT REALLY WORKS?”
Parents, especially Black parents, have been increasingly drawn to private schools, secular and religious, for a better education for their children. This movement is fed by a widespread belief that the public school system is broken beyond repair. Dr. Lois Harrison-Jones, an associate clinical professor of Educational Administration at Howard University, and Imam Yesef Saleem, national director of the Muslim American Society School System, give their spin on what really works in education.

#2515 – “BANNEKER: TRUTH TO POWER”
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 capitol and inventing a clock in 1753. In 1791 alone, Benjamin Banneker completed the survey of Washington, DC, published his first almanac and confronted one of the nation’s founders, Thomas Jefferson, about his doctrine of Black inferiority. Charles A. Cerami, former editor of the Kiplinger Washington Publications and author of Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot, explains that there was a lot more to Banneker than what is written in the history books.

#2516 – “10 YEARS AFTER THE RODNEY KING RIOTS”
Civic leader Bernard Kinsey, the former co-chair of Rebuild LA, discusses the impact of the Rodney King riots, where Los Angeles was then, where it is today, and why he believes that it is poised for a period of empowerment.

#2517 – “SLAVERY REPARATIONS: RACISM OR JUSTICE?”
The controversy surrounding America paying reparations to African-Americans reached a new level when a lawsuit was filed demanding billions of dollars from several corporations that may be linked to slavery before 1865. Dr. Yaron Brook, president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, and Dr. David Horne, professor of Critical Thinking and Political Economy at California State University-Northridge, debate the issue of reparations.

#2518 – “THE FUTURE OF BLACKS IN HOLLYWOOD”
On March 25, 2002, a Black man and Black woman won Oscars at the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. As significant as the event was, there remains the nagging fear among some Blacks that fundamental change still has not arrived. Veteran actor Bernie Casey gives the inside details on what is happening to Blacks in Hollywood and what he sees in the future for them.

#2519 – “THE EVOLUTION OF BLACK STUDIES”
As the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga has had a profound impact on the African-American culture as well as the evolution of Black Studies. He is a celebrated author, educator and founder of several Black nationalist organizations and a key figure in the shaping of Black thought. Who better than to ask the question: What is the direction of this evolution?

#2520 – “A MULTI-ETHNIC STATE IN EVOLUTION”
U. S. Representative Diane Watson serves the diverse 32nd Congressional District of California, where multiculturalism is a way of life. Does it work? Has California learned how various groups can live together without the ethnic strife that accompanied the Los Angeles riots that followed the Rodney King verdict in 1992? Dr. Watson, a noted educator, offers her views.

#2521 – “CULTURE AS A WEAPON OR TOOL FOR TOLERANCE?
At one time America’s prevailing “minority” group was Blacks, but today the fastest growing ethnic group in the country is Latinos. However, the newest ethnic powerhouse in business and education is the Asian-American community. Will this increasing ethnic mosaic provide new opportunities or cultural tension? Guests are Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and nationally syndicated columnist, and Yasmin Davidds-Garrido, author of Empowering Latinas.

#2522 – “HOW DID RACE AND RACISM GET STARTED?”
The evolution of Eugenics, Social Darwinism and theories about racial inferiority are examined by Dr. Joseph Graves, Jr., a geneticist, professor of evolutionary biology at Arizona State University and author of The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race At The Millennium. Dr. Graves’ views are compared to the theories of Dr. William Shockley, the late physicist who argued that Blacks are intellectually inferior to Whites.

#2523 – “LIONEL HAMPTON: A GRACE NOTE”
Musician extraordinaire Lionel Hampton died on August 31, 2002 at the age of 94. His legacy as a musician, statesman, humanitarian and close friend of the Bush family are chronicled on this program. Tony Brown also remembers this music legend’s love for the little guy.

#2524 – “BARBERSHOP TALK”
Barbershop, the irreverent movie about Black icons and leaders, has erupted into a controversy that falls along generational lines. On one side you have the traditional activists who denounce the irreverent treatment of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and on the other side the younger moviegoers who made it a box office hit and don’t see the “irreverence” in the movie. National NAACP board member Willis Edwards, who was an Executive Producer of The Rosa Parks Story, debates this issue with Reali Robinson, President of the Hip Hop Congress.

#2525 – “MR. SHOWDOWN”
In what turned out to be a showdown between him and his critics, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Larry Elder lashed out at a Los Angeles community group that he says made false public statements about him. In addition to sharing his provocative ideas on a myriad of subjects, the controversial talkshow host and author of Showdown, reveals the explosive details of his media ambush and calls for a public apology.

#2526 – “RETHINKING RACE”
Using a quote from Martin Luther King Jr., Tony Brown asked two prominent Black professionals to tackle Dr. King’s theory that too many people who live in periods of great social change fail to develop new attitudes and mental responses and as a result become ineffectual to the movement. Connie Rice, a civil rights attorney and Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and syndicated columnist, give their thoughts on the issue and the idea of rethinking race.