Detroit joined with Africa in their inaugural commemoration of
 "Africa Freedom Day". Kenyan political figure, Tom Mboya gives a speech at Detroit's Rackham Memorial on Thursday evening, April 23rd, 1959  with orator Walter P. Reuther, UAW President.

Tom Mboya Detroit's Africa Freedom Rally; April 23rd 1959

Malcolm X delivers speech on November 10,163 at the Northern Negro Grassroots Leadership Conference, held at King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.

Malcolm X   A Message To The Grassroots  2.MP3

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 8's black history hero is president and CEO of the #1 African American publishing company Linda Johnson Rice.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Linda Johnson Rice

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 9's black history hero is America's first black Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Lloyd Austin

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 10's black history hero is first black woman in space Dr. Mae Jemison.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Mae Jemison

Shirley Lee Corsey is the Conservator / Executive Director at Gather Place Museum: a Black-owned nonprofit organization in Buck County, PA whose mission is to unveil forgotten aspects of Yardley Borough, Bucks County, and Pennsylvania's Quaker founders, including African American and Women's history. 

Shirley joins the show to talk about an event that they’re having with the Pennsbury Manor to talk about the life of Susana Warder: an enslaved woman who lived and worked at William Penn's estate from birth until death at the age of 109.

Shirely Lee Corsey | Reality Check w/ Tonya Pendleton - 2.17.25

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 11's black history hero is Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Nelson Mandela

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 12's black history hero is media mogul and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Oprah Winfrey

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 13's black history hero is actor Samuel L. Jackson.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Samuel L. Jackson

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 14's black history hero is the first black woman in Congress, Shirley Chisolm.

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Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 15's black history hero is musical genius and civil rights activist Stevie Wonder.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Stevie Wonder

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 16's black history hero is civil rights activist and first African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Thurgood Marshall

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 17's black history hero is professional golfer Tiger Woods.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Tiger Woods

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 18's black history hero is screenwriter and actor Tyler Perry.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Tyler Perry

Star 99.7 presents Black History Month Vignettes, sponsored by the Rossington Law Offices, LLC. Day 19's black history hero is the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Black History Month Vignettes 2025: Voting Rights Act

"Word From Our Ancestors" is a message rooted in bloodlines and built on resilience — a reminder to honor our history, love ourselves, and never forget who we are. This song is for the ones who carry the weight of forgotten empires in their DNA. For the golden children. For the kings and queens who were never told they were royalty.

A Word From Our Ancestors

A conversation with historian Noliwe Rooks about democracy, education, and her new book, "Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children"

Episode 71: Black Children, White Schools

Katie Mitchell is a storyteller and bookseller. Katie lives, works, and writes in Atlanta, Georgia. Her online and pop-up Black bookstore, Good Books, has been featured in The New York Times, NBC, NPR, PBS, and many other outlets. 

Katie joins the show to further discuss her book, "Prose to the People". This book  centers profiles of over fifty Black bookstores from the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic, the South, and the West Coast, complete with stunning original and archival photography. Katie also talks about an event on May 1st 2025 in promotion of Prose to the People in Philadelphia, at the African American Museum with Glory Edim and March Lamont Hill.



Katie Mitchell | Reality Check w/ Tonya Pendleton - 4.22.25

Anthony Brogdon is the author of the book, The Black Business Book. This book takes a deep dive into the little-known history of slaves in America owning businesses, Slaves attending college, all the ways slaves gained their freedom, and much more.

Anthony joins the show to further discuss the motive for writing his book, and to give more context behind slaves owning businesses and attending college.

Anthony Brogdon | Reality Check w/ Tonya Pendleton - 5.6.25

Preserving black culture through the exploration of sampling and archives.

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