(ThyBlackMan.com) Arthur Jones, Jr. is my father. I declare that loudly and proudly. My dad is a very good man. That’s not just my so-not-humble opinion – it also happens to be a fact. My father has taught me more life lessons than I can begin to count. My dad ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you remember “Airwolf”? “Airwolf” was the Donald P. Bellasario-produced television series for CBS that ran from 1984 through 1987. Airwolf itself was a high-tech, well-armed, supersonic helicopter flown by the show’s protagonists to tip the Cold War to America’s advantage. I was a big fan of “Airwolf.” Even ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) WE ARE NOT BLACK. Black is the color of my car tires. I am brown and African American. f you believe in creation, the Garden of Eden was the beginning for all of us – and it was in a place where people of color dwelled. It was not ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Prior to 1967, nothing in America could get a Black man murdered faster than the catchword “rape.” Nowadays, “Black man with a gun,” may be topping the charts. In May of ’67, quite a few college educated, gun-toting Black Panthers, exercising their rights to bear arms, uninvitingly entered the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Upon first hearing the rumblings that Olympic Medalist Bruce Jenner would begin the transition of becoming a woman, I brushed it off as idle gossip and media foolery.  After all, the headlines graced the covers of tabloid magazines known more for their sensationalism than for their journalistic integrity, or for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) How do we honestly determine the value if an African American man – a real one? Slave society once determined his value by how many women he could impregnate. But then that same society which bread him to be promiscuous, also put him down because he was just that. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Speaking at the PCBC conference in Tampa, Florida over 1200 middle and high schools students attended from the Urban Leagues throughout the state of Florida, attending the 30th Annual Conference of this educational and motivational conference. Attended by law enforcement personnel from across the state as well, provided students ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no example in the history of the world of a civilization, culture, or country that has survived without an intact family unit. Historically, this has meant father, mother, sister, brother, grandparents, and sometimes other extended family members.  With the onslaught of the Industrial Revolution came what we ...