(ThyBlackMan.com) On February 13, 2012, renowned actor Laurence Fishburne will narrate a PBS documentary, Slavery By Another Name. The documentary will show that slavery in America did not end in 1865 with the Emancipation Proclamation as the majority of people have been led to believe. Rather, with the federal government’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A recent report from Harvard University professor Edward Glaeser and Duke University professor Jacob Vigdor finds segregation against Blacks is at the lowest level since 1890. The study looked at census results dating back to 1890. The professors make their finding based on the black suburbanization, gentrification, access to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you ever wondered why February is Black History Month, the coldest and the shortest month of the year? Here is why. It was begun by historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926. At first it was called Negro History Week, and was observed during the second week in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It has been awhile I know… I apologize… We on a new year while most things remain the same some things are changing. I’m not going to expect everyone to agree with what I say. Everything just ain’t for everybody. I truly am one man with an opinion. You ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you proud of your African-American culture? Many sociologists allege humans are born without culture. For virtually anyone, culture begins with the family and continues through other social agents such as school, peer groups and mass media. This lesson follows the general process by which people develop their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During Black History month, students are bombarded with facts about the important attributions African Americans have contributed to society. We learn that African Americans were not just main contributors to the civil rights movement, but in government, engineering, and the medical field as well. One aspect we need not leave out ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Saturday night at the Capital Hilton, McPherson Square’s angry and frustrated young women of Occupy D.C. took to the streets alongside their angry and frustrated young men to bare their breasts and bleat in protest against the nation’s elite politicians and businessmen partying at the Alfalfa Club’s posh annual soiree. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With all the talk about the economy relative to the rich and the poor, tax inequity, disparities in employment, and high prices for the necessities of life, one very important consideration for Black people in the U.S. is cash flow – both individual and collective. Simply put, cash flow ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2011 winner of the “Most Controversial Movie” award proved to be a big winner at last night’s SAG Awards. The Help snagged statues for best ensemble cast, best actress, Viola Davis, and best supporting actress Octavia Spencer. In Spencer’s acceptance speech she thanked the women, like the one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The bullet-riddled tee shirt of President Obama posted brazenly on Facebook by seven semi-automatic gun toting men among them a Peoria, Arizona, police sergeant was much more than the by now standard non-stop litany of racist cartoons, depictions, web postings, and kooky loose talk threats against President Obama. The gun-toting ...