(ThyBlackMan.com) During Wednesday’s highly controversial, contentious, and emotional debate in the South Carolina House of Representatives about whether to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol, something amazing happened. Or rather, someone amazing happened. A profile in courage emerged during the marathon session. Jenny Anderson Horne ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As our family has recently expanded, so have our to-do lists. And with the added activities with the baby, there’s less time available to do the to-do’s on our list. One day this week, while hashing out the to-do’s for the next day, we started to feel overwhelmed at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some say the Confederate flag is a symbol of the bravery of Southern soldiers who died in a glorious attempt to leave the Union. Is it? Why was the Civil War fought, to end slavery or preserve the Union? Lincoln proclaimed that he would do anything to preserve the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The word minion is a noun – and is defined as “a subordinate”, or “petty official.” Some folks in these parts might consider me a minion to/for President Obama. I simply refer to those people as wrong. But I digress! Here’s a question for you. What does the field ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The moment the first of the 45 women to date publicly accused comedian Bill Cosby of drugging and raping them, the big question on the lips of many was: Could Cos be criminally prosecuted? The legal experts hashed the question back and forth and at the end their general ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent a quiet Fourth of July weekend relaxing, reading and watching a few of my favorite movies, just soaking in the idea of independence…freedom. I had already decided earlier in the week I would give my keyboard a break from my writing. I desired the comforts of Southern ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What’s old is new again. If you have old CDs, audio cassettes, or even LPs, you might be surprised to learn that everything can be saved and digitized. It’s a lot cheaper than buying all of your favorites all over again. And, it’s rather simple to pull off. Here’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Poynter recently reported that the Los Angeles Times hired a reporter to cover Black Twitter. In a recently released staff memo, Los Angeles Times Managing Editor S. Mitra Kalita said: Dexter Thomas joins us today to cover Black Twitter (which really is so much more complicated than that). He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The last official government census of 1991 (to which no oppostion party nor the RPF objected at the time) had approximately 595,000 Tutsis in Rwanda with about 40,000 in Kigali. Most of the dead on display at Gashozi are Hutus not Tutsis. General Dallaire made a report on April ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are talking about overcoming the spirit of unbelief. When I say I really believe God, that means I trust God. Now, raw faith is just simply taking God at His Word. In other words, if God said something, I believe it. I already understand that God is not ...