(ThyBlackMan.com) Partners with Boys & Girls Clubs and Basketball Superstar Kevin Garnett to Show Mentoring can be as Easy as Playing a Game of Basketball. Minneapolis, MN (April 6, 2011) – Wheaties FUEL®, the first-ever cereal designed specifically to help fuel wins, today launches its “FUEL a Future” campaign to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has apparently had enough. The group announced recently that it is splitting off from UNITY, an organization designed to bring together groups of minority journalists. The NABJ has cited the financial decisions of UNITY as the primary reason for the departure. “NABJ ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For all of those who were once concerned about Tavis Smiley ending his much-respected State of the Black Union gathering every year, you no longer have any reason to worry: “The great” Juan Williams from Fox News is now going to take his place. Well, Juan isn’t exactly replicating ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ever wonder why you’re here? What your calling is? What you’re meant to do? There’s a relatively simple exercise that can give you a pretty good idea of the answer to those questions. First, clear your mind. Take a few minutes somewhere quiet, by yourself, and just breathe deep ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was recently announced that Harvard University has admitted a record number of African American students this year. The UK Guardian has revealed that 11.8% of Harvard’s incoming freshmen are African American. This is quite an achievement for nearly any university, especially one that exists among the elite. Harvard’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Throughout the history of our sojourn in North America, many have likened the legacy of the Black struggle to that of the Children of Israel under Pharaoh. From the era of slavery through emancipation, and eventual Civil Rights victories 100 years later, “the Promised Land,” as a metaphor for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am condemned. There is no apparent crime, yet I stand accused of a crime simply for having the nerve to show up. And I am convicted of the crime of having brown skin, which carries heavy penalties. This crime carries the penalty of being hated, of being prejudged, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am an extremely healthy eater. On January 1, 2011 I began my fifth year as a vegetarian. My consumption of processed food is minimal – I estimate that it occupies about one percent of my diet – and I’ve reduced my sugar intake drastically (chocolate donuts remains my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Mr. President, I listened to your speech last week at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s 20th anniversary dinner, talking among friends and close supporters. This was an annual African American dinner, a very important one. While I know that any Democrat would have fulfilled their promise to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The following is an exerpt from the book, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about College.” Before I tell you all the great things about college, and all the things that are going to happen before, during and after, we should start with a very basic question: why do ...