(ThyBlackMan.com) There are moments in life where things become so obvious that they are in a word, painful. Some time back, the African-American Library (the Edgar M. Gregory School in Houston, Texas) issued an invitation for me to address Malcolm X’s timeless speech, The Ballot or the Bullet. I graciously accepted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Upon hearing that former President Barack Obama recently boasted that he had a scandal-free administration, my first thought after regaining my faculties was: How can I possibly cram all the evidence refuting this in a little bitty column? Then I read that what he actually said was, “We didn’t have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Men grow up dreaming of being an NBA star of an NFL quarterback and it sticks with them for the rest of their lives. Sitting back on a Sunday afternoon, it’s impossible not to get caught up in the drama and excitement that is professional sports. Sadly, your opportunity is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I stopped attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), because it reminded me of “The Flintstones” and “The Jetsons”; Blacks were noticeably missing from both cartoons. There were no Blacks in the past (The Flintstones) and there were no Blacks in the future (The Jetsons). CPAC is the largest annual ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A liberal-created failure that goes entirely ignored is the left’s harmful agenda for society’s most vulnerable people — the mentally ill. Eastern State Hospital, built in 1773 in Williamsburg, Virginia, was the first public hospital in America for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. Many more followed. Much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Black community wastes far too much time sharing recipes, and not nearly enough time sharing knowledge and wisdom. We’ve been trying the grits and gravy approach for 400 years now, and where has it gotten us? Yet, when I brought up the prospect of recognizing the need to use ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I feel compelled to pay my respect to preacher Billy Graham who went home to Jesus at 99 years old. My 89 year old black dad has been a preacher for over 50 years. Dad told me how much he enjoyed watching people coming down the isles at Billy Graham ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Suppose a white conservative Christian or a white conservative public figure said the following: “Poor black families can work hard 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the next 300 years. They will never catch up to most middle and upper-middle income white families. This system is not ...