(ThyBlackMan.com) When you’re sitting in the chair waiting for your segment to begin on CNN, you can sometimes see the segment that comes on right before your own.  On this particular day, I was set to appear on AC360 right after film director Spike Lee, a man with whom I ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)  While returning from a speaking engagement on an evening flight,  the pilot announced that he expected we would land a few minutes early. Instead, as we approached, nearby thunderstorms changed the plan. For more than an hour – as daylight turned to evening – we circled.  At first, I found ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Amid the noise of the modern media, sometimes you have to listen for the silences to understand what is actually being said. This is a good way to understand the recent news that the National Football League is considering penalties against players if they utter one of the most ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This series on HBCU’s prompted a two-hour long discussion on the Carl Nelson Show in Washington, D.C. (WOL-1450). As the invited guest, I had the opportunity to deal with the issue of whether we value HBCU’s enough to help save them. On the very next day St. Augustine College, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Football fans younger than the age of 50 most likely never saw John Wooten perform on the field.  A guard who fought many tough battles against the best defensive linemen of his day, Wooten was a member of the 1964 NFL Championship Cleveland Browns team, which featured the great ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently in Clayton County Georgia, Atlanta Pastor Craig Lamar Davis failed to tell a woman that he was HIV positive as they began to indulge in unprotected sex. Ms. Ronita McAfee, one of the most visible “so called victims” stated for her that “it has been an ongoing nightmare, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I got a call today from CNN to discuss the new initiative launched by the White House called “My brother’s keeper.”  From what I’d gathered, the program is one that is designed to create opportunities for men of color, which I certainly appreciate.  I’ll admit that while I agree ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Mr. President, First, I’d like to thank you so much for reaching out to the people and asking us what WE want for a change. That alone is a refreshing change from what we generally see from our government. So you’re already off to a great start in creating ...