#2701 – “DOING IT HER WAY”
Sarah Harrison, vice president of one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world, and Rev. Barbara Reynolds, author and award-winning journalist, discuss the triumphs and pitfalls of being successful, professional women.

#2702 – “TONY BROWN’S ESSAY ON MARTIN LUTHER KING”
In an innovative program celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy, Tony Brown shares his historic experience as the coordinator of the “Walk To Freedom” civil rights march in Detroit on June 23, 1963. Brown’s essay is a story of truth, vision, courage and transformation.

#2703 – “THE MUSEUM THAT SAVED CHICAGO’S HISTORY”
Who was the pioneer settler of Chicago? The answer is Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, an African American from Sainte-Domingue, Haiti. Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum of African-American History in Chicago, talks about his legacy.

#2704 – “THE LOST HERO”
Who was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? The answer is Ralph Bunche. As the United Nations Undersecretary General, Bunche successfully negotiated armistice agreements between Israel and four neighboring nations and developed peacekeeping strategies and operations around the globe. In a documentary on his extraordinary life, Bunche’s resolution and mediation strategies are being used among street gangs in Los Angeles. Award-winning filmmaker William Greaves shares some illuminating insights into Bunche’s life and career.

#2705 – “REMEMBERING HIS LEGACY”
Frederick Douglass, renowned orator, statesmen 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.

#2706 – “WHERE THE ACTION IS”
Guests Robert Hill, president of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, and Frank Stewart, former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, talk about economic and career opportunities in energy, especially alternative and renewable forms of energy.

#2707 – “BLACK NO MORE”
Journalist Debra Dickerson has written a controversial book, The End of Blackness, about changing social and political dynamics in the Black community. Dickerson says that “blackness” has forced African Americans into an unhealthy obsession with Whites, and she challenges the precepts of racial and cultural identity.

#2708 – “DID HISTORY MISS EMMETT TILL?”
Author Clenora Hudson-Weems examines the gruesome 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. She also challenges the widespread belief that Rosa Parks’ refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated bus precipitated the modern civil rights movement. Instead, she believes, it was Till’s murder that was the catalyst of the movement in the 50s and 60s.

#2709 – “THE BLACK EAGLE”
Who is Joe Madison? To his radio listeners he is “The Black Eagle” who soars the airwaves on Radio One and XM Satellite One. He is a civil rights activist to those who have followed his career with the NAACP. Television and radio audiences know him as an abolitionist against modern-day slavery in Sudan. Madison talks about his extraordinary commitment to the principles of human rights.
 
#2710 – “BLACK MAN OUT”
The downward spiral for Black men begins in Head Start classrooms, reported the findings of an initiative on the college enrollment and graduation for Black men. When compared with other ethnic groups, Black men also come in last with only a quarter enrolled in college. Dr. Edison Jackson, President of Medgar Evers College in New York City, believes that his institution may have the answer to this dilemma.

#2711 – “BLACK WOMEN AT RISK”
Black women are approximately six percent of the American population but constitute 64 percent of new female AIDS cases, and one in 160 Black women is HIV-positive. Why? Guest Gary Bell, executive director of Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues, explores some of the reasons.

#2712 – “WHY ARE 50% OF THE BLACK MEN IN NEW YORK CITY UNEMPLOYED?”
A new study by the Community Service Society shows that nearly half of Black men in New York City are not working. The organization’s president, David Jones, discusses this shocking statistic and the implications for a community with a shortage of male earners.

#2713 – “CAN BLACK ATHLETES SCORE IN THE CLASSROOM?”
Black athletes have proven that they are winners on the playing field, but poor school performance has plagued their ability to earn high marks in academics. Dr. Leonard Moore, director of African and African-American Studies at Louisiana State University, has created a winning strategy for academic success in the classroom.

#2714 – “THE CONFLICT BETWEEN BLACKS AND LATINOS”
Latinos are now the largest ethnic group in America. No longer holding the number one position are African Americans. Are these two groups on a collision course? Dr. Nicolas Vaca, author of The Presumed Alliance, discusses the often-frayed relationship between Blacks and Latinos and the competition over power, access to resources and illegal immigration.

#2715 – “HOW MUCH DO BLACKS PAY FOR BEING BLACK?”
No matter how hard Blacks work or how well educated they become, they cannot close the well-being gap with Whites unless they significantly improve their accumulated investments. That is the conclusion of Professor Thomas Shapiro in his new book The Hidden Cost of Being African American.

#2716 - "ON THE DOWN LOW IN THE BLACK CHURCH"
As society debates the moral and legal ramifications of same-sex marriages, there are some Blacks in the gay and lesbian community who are struggling with the compound issues of race, sexual preference and the church. Herndon Davis, author of Black, Gay and Christian, talks about how gays cope with the conflict between their religious faith and sexual orientation.
 
#2717 - "THE WIFE OF MALCOLM X"
Russell Rickford, author of Betty Shabazz: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Faith Before and After Malcolm X, discusses the triumphs and tragedies that shaped Betty Shabazz's life.

#2718 - "ARE BLACK GAYS A PART OF THE FAMILY?"
A new political backlash has emerged in the Black community that could hurt Sen. John Kerry, since 91% of Black voters are likely to oppose President George Bush. Black preachers, opposed to same-sex marriage, threaten to tell their constituents not to vote for a political candidate that supports same-sex marriage. One preacher told Tony Brown on this program: "I love Jesus more than the Democratic Party."

#2719 – “THE BLACK CODE”
Entertainer and educator Bill Cosby created a firestorm of controversy when he publicly criticized poor Black Americans. Black leaders came out on both sides of the issue. On this program, Joe Madison, radio talk show host and activist, and C. DeLores Tucker, founder and chair of the National Congress of Black Women, talk about their stance on Cosby’s denunciation of Blacks on the lower rung of the economic and social ladder.

#2720 – “THE BLACK POOR”
As founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Robert Woodson is considered by some to be the godfather of the movement to empower neighborhood-based organizations. Woodson discusses the criticism targeted toward poor Blacks and efforts to eliminate some of the ills afflicting this segment of the American population.

#2721 – “BLACK COMMENTARY”
Bev Smith is her name and good deeds and excellence are her game. She is heard daily throughout the country on American Urban Radio Networks via her daily commentary “The Bev Smith Show.” On this occasion, she changes seats and becomes Tony Brown’s guest.

#2722 – “THE RAP AGAINST RAP”
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 so fed up that he wrote a book calling rap “a poison in our culture.” He vents his frustrations and shares his humorous, yet poignant anti-rap cartoons with Tony Brown.

#2723 – “ARE TEACHERS AFRAID TO CHALLENGE BLACKS?”
Why is the national average for Blacks graduating from high school so low (only 51 percent)? Dr. Gail Thompson, author and educator, shares her theory about the below average performance of some of today’s Black students. She says part of the reason is the cultural ignorance of teachers.

#2724C1 – “AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?"
The ethnic description of Americans of African descent has shifted from colored to Negro to Black and, at the recent urging of Jessie Jackson, African-American. There are immigrants who feel that they should be included as African-Americans, although they do not share the history of slavery and discrimination. Is this new movement among immigrants based on ethnic pride or an effort to benefit from the civil rights movement?

#2725C2 – “BLACK FARMERS: A DYING CROP”
Five years ago, a landmark $3-billion court settlement was reached between Black farmers and the U. S. Department of Agriculture to compensate Black growers for decades of unequal treatment. Dr. John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, discusses the findings of a new investigation that reveals that almost 90 percent of the Black farmers in the settlement have been denied payment.

#2726C2 – “MARTHA REEVES IN A NEW GALAXY”
With signature songs like “Dancing in the Street,” “Jimmy Mack” and “Heat Wave,” Martha Reeves was one of Motown’s singing icons at the peak of her career. Reeves talks about how her life and her music have changed over the decades, and her influence on the world’s aspiring performers.