(ThyBlackMan.com) I could begin speaking on the issues surrounding Essence Festival by talking about Essence, why its important to the culture, and what it means to New Orleans. However, I don’t think that will drive home the problem Essence is facing in dealing with New Orleans. Essence is making the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Days ago, Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders celebrated his 55th birthday. One of the most fascinating and entertaining professional athletes of all-time, former Detroit Lion Barry Sanders’s elusive running style and jaw-dropping juke moves endeared him to sports fans in Detroit and across the world. Barry Sanders’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (**1/2) Hard to imagine that in the late 1800s men of African descent played hockey in Canada. That’s a major surprise considering the demographics of today’s National Hockey League. But there’s a backstory, an evolution and lots of it is quite sobering. Director Hubert Davis (Oscar® nom Best Documentary, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As children, when my siblings and I did something good, my mother never failed to compliment us. On the other hand, when we did something bad, she never failed to chastise us by providing a bit of corrective action! Whichever we were to face, my mother did it with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On July 16, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson announced that he would pivot from his role as President of the National Rainbow Coalition to become a university professor and advisor to his successor, the Reverend Frederick Douglas Haynes III, an activist and the pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV Agents of Conquest In previous articles, we dealt with the victory Christ gained for us on Calvary and how this applies to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Americans have always, in equal measure, been more than willing to tear down somebody’s reputation as they have been to applaud a good comeback story. Take one of the country’s greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, whose political career was riddled with high-profile ups and downs – from election losses and public ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Tuberville’s attempt to downplay and erase the racism of actual racists echoes attempts to downplay the violence of the largely White mob on January 6. More broadly, it’s part of the attempt to erase and downplay the role of race, racism and racists in American history and culture … ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Properly assessing student learning is an integral part of any education system. Without correct evaluation, it is hard to gauge the effectiveness of the instruction provided. However, traditional methods of assessment are now being overtaken by digital tools, and with the rise of remote education, more students are taking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First things first! God wants to bless you beyond your wildest imagination. God is so powerful and wise. He is a unique God, a one of a kind, none like Him, no one even close. He makes every day, every person, every snowflake, every planet, every star and every ...