# @thirteenwnet on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=n7BlAm5g470
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68956765-thirteenwnet-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/00935ae31d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T17:01:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** THIRTEEN (@thirteenwnet) — https://gondola.cc/thirteenwnet

## Caption

In 1976, "Black Journal" host Tony Brown brought in Lerone Bennett Jr., senior editor of "Ebony" magazine and author of "The Shaping of Black America," and John Calhoun, Special Assistant to President Gerald Ford, to answer the fiercely contested question: should Black Americans celebrate two centuries of a nation that kept them oppressed, or use the moment to demand true equality and honor their contributions?

#Shorts #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #Bicentennial #CivilRights #Archive #BlackPerspectives #1976 #BlackJournal #TonyBrown #THIRTEEN #WNET

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- **Views:** 960
- **Likes:** 41
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## Tags

archive, americanhistory, bicentennial, blackjournal, tonybrown, civilrights, blackperspectives, 1976, wnet, thirteen, shorts, blackhistory

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