(ThyBlackMan.com) On a Sunday morning the 15 of September in 1963, the Ku Klux Klan murdered four girls when they bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church, which had been built in 1911, would be the last place Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Great news! In the tradition of those who have called for supporting our African relatives in some form or another, THE One Million Conscious and Conscientious Black Contributors and Voters, has developed one way to do just that. In addition to creating more conscious Black millionaires via our own “cash ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My position on Kaep is that he absolutely has a constitutional right to express his opinion on the politics of diversity in America today. Colin Kaepernick is courageous, well-informed, and steadfast in his position. He is evolving through an “awakening,” and (perhaps) really understanding for the first time ? given ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the space of less than two weeks GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump did something that few thought possible, let alone desirable. He went to not one, but two black churches in Detroit and Flint, Michigan. Now at first glance this seems to fly in the face of everything that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Saturday, September 10, I had the pleasure of being one of the featured speakers for the inaugural Liberty Farm Festival hosted by my good friend Martha Boneta. It was the last gathering of the who’s who of Virginia politics before this year’s presidential election. Donald Trump’s vice presidential running ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This political season means full employment for pundits, opinion givers, strategists and soothsayers, on cable television and via social media. It’s interesting to watch the catch phrases, verbal crutches and tics speakers and writers use, which often, when examined, make little or no sense. We all do it. Donald ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you ready to vote? Are you registered? These may seem like simplistic questions, especially for those who are aware, but every year some folks are denied access to the polls because they didn’t register on time, or they moved and their address does not match the address the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2001, I spoke at the National Black Expo, in Chicago. The theme was centered on one of most troubling factors related to the economic survival of Black people in the United States: The Low Success Rate of African American Businesses. But as Jazzman, Les McCann, so pertinently asked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are different types of stress we all experience which could be acute or chronic. The stress may lead to anger, irritability, and anxiety as well as physical stress (heartburn, rapid heartbeat, blood pressure increase). Stress is slowly killing us; there’s the day to day experiences which are fine but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For most kids, the summer holiday has already ended, and school is back in session. You’re probably enjoying the extra time to yourself, but might be worried about how your kids get along in school. While you can’t be in school with them, there’s plenty of other ways to support ...