(ThyBlackMan.com) Sitting idly by and watching as our communities crumble has never been the style of The Life Center CDC president Dr. Henry W. Roberts, II. One voice can make a difference, not to mention a mass of community-minded people. Together, there is unity indeed, Roberts agrees. When the Mobile, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) To be a successful businessman, there are certain skills and habits that you need to have. While there are some people who are simply born with these skills, others have to learn them. Learning to master these skills can take some time, but it’s worth it in the end. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember back in 1999 when my daughter came to me crying about something she had seen on TV. It was the movie, “Selma, Lord, Selma!” She was distraught, even at six years old, at the mistreatment of Black folks in Selma in 1965. My daughter related to Jurnee ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For those of you who have seen the movie Selma, or intend to watch it on cable or who would just like to know what the film was about, here is some background information on the Civil Rights Movement, the players in the drama and some food for thought… ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is no secret that every since President Obama got in office the first time, the Republican agenda was not to work for the American people as they were elected to do. I am not a democrat, I am an African-American fiscal and social conservative, but the truth is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Silly, sick, demeaning cracks made by such as the canned Univision host Rodner Figueroa likening First Lady Michelle Obama to a Planet of the Apes character are not new. Four years ago, the then CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, Walt Baker, took much heat and lost a lot ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) We are in a new economy where up is down and down is up. Damn if you do and damn if you don’t. The national unemployment rate for blacks in February clocked in at 10.4 percent. That rate is an increase from January, which was 10.3 percent and matches ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I was introduced to Kathy Oliver, an African-American, at a Jamaican social club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It came out during our conversation that she was introduced to Jamaican culture by her significant other, a Rastafarian named Martin. She remarked that she had written a book about the death ...