(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, The Montgomery Public School Board released the numbers of suspensions from the 2015-2016 school year and I found these numbers to be very egregious. Of the 31,000 students in The Montgomery County School District, there were about at least 4,000 suspensions that were handed out throughout the school ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am a black Tea Party guy; speaker, singer, activist and prolific writer. I became exposed and educated about home-schooled kids while traveling the country on 14 Tea Party national bus tours. Home-schooled kids are strikingly smarter, better educated, calmer and better behaved. I also noticed that every home-schooled kid ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, across the United States in nearly every African American community, millions of parents are striving to do all that they can to ensure that their children receive the highest quality education possible. In many cities and towns, the public school dropout rate is now declining among African American ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) With all the rhetoric surrounding “illegal aliens” or “undocumented workers,” one would think all Mexicans were trying to enter America illegally. But is that the real problem? Let’s take a look at the border with Mexico and closely examine those crossing. The next time you are watching television and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Social justice diva Aramis Ayala, state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties in Orlando, Florida, decided not to seek the death penalty against accused cop-killer suspect Markeith Loyd. As a result, Gov. Rick Scott recused her and assigned the case to State Attorney Brad King. I was invited on ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “…Black youth may experience disproportionate exposure to violence or traumatic stressors, both of which have been associated with suicidal behavior. Also, research has shown that black youth are less likely to receive services for depression, suicidal ideation, and other mental health problems compared with non-black youth.”-JAMA Pediatrics 2015 The ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) 2007 was a year for me I’ll never forget. My oldest brother, Landrum, was killed in a car accident in May of that year. It was a traumatic event for me and my family. It was hard for us because he was a minister/musician, 22 years old and was to be ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When it comes to purchasing and financing a vehicle, Black and Latino consumers—more often than other racial or ethnic groups—are frequently targets of deceptive advertising and abusive financing practices. In recent days, two law enforcement agencies have acted to curb yo-yo scams and other abusive and deceptive practices of auto ...