(ThyBlackMan.com) Brother Malcolm X, though not with us physically, is still strongly connected spiritually and psychologically, to serious Black folks. As we celebrate on May 19 his 97th birthday, we remember him having a blend of intelligence, vision, talent, self-confidence, persistence and boldness. In a 1992 column celebrating his 67th ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was a time when spending big at a swank restaurant would be regarded as an occasion requiring dress-up. Then the slob culture took over so that even when an establishment made great effort to arrange flowers, iron tablecloths and provide formal service, customers would turn up in sweatshirts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What’s almost as terrifying as the targeted murder of 11 African Americans in Buffalo by the alleged shooter Payton Gendron, is his age and the motive behind the mass racial murder. Gendron is only eighteen years old. So young, but yet so imbued with every hodge-podge crackpot racist, hate-filled ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former President Donald Trump remains the GOP front-runner in the next presidential election, but many have expressed they are amenable to another candidate if former-President Trump does not decide to run. Throughout President Trump’s four years in office, many supported him; as a member of the media, I was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When is the last time that you read a national news story in the so-called mainstream media about a successful Black business in America that has achieved unprecedented excellence and profit in today’s marketplace? I know it has been a long time. On the other hand, when was the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recent remarks by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, noting the institutional damage caused by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion on Roe v. Wade, have gotten exhaustive coverage in the press. But, not surprisingly, the venue where Thomas made these remarks has gotten little attention by these same ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) April 18, 2022, was Tax Day in the United States. The day was an especially sad reminder that the refundable, monthly expanded Child Tax Credit [CTC], that ended in December 2021, was short lived. The expanded CTC was a lifeline that lifted 3 million children above the federal poverty ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What do the names Odell Beckham Jr., Ndamukong Suh, Jarvis Landry, and Julio Jones have in common? They are all among the most recognizable NFL free agents still available. Two NFL free agents not quite as sought after are wide receiver Antonio Brown and quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Interestingly, both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Speller Street Films presents Black Kung Fu Cinema in partnership with The Pinhook and Mo’ Better Soul. The program is a traveling exhibition and screening series showcasing Blaxploitation, kung fu, and action films. Black Kung Fu Cinema will present a special screening of the TNT Jackson, starring Jean Bell ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After angry public reaction to the leaked Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito draft opinion on reversing Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas said: “We are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don’t like. We can’t be an institution that can be bullied into ...