(ThyBlackMan.com) The Republican Party doesn’t want me or my vote. I’ve known that for quite some time; but with passing day, I am reminded more of this truth. Sure, it might consider recruiting me if I was the pastor of a mega-church with 50,000 congregants. I might be more attractive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For years, I wasn’t too much of an admirer of the actor ceremoniously known as Aubrey Graham. Of course, it was more of his transition to “Drake,” the rapper-and-singer. Up until the fall of 2011, I always thought he was extremely overrated and over-hyped That all changed, when the song ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The influence of HBCU’s and education can be seen in the 105 historically black colleges and universities educating 135,722 male and 238,685 female students across the United States this year alone. A new school year is beginning for HBCU’s, students are preparing to return to schools across our nation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In quick succession in one week’s time, a protestor waves a sign “bye bye black sheep” and a small chorus chimes in and puts it to the popular song ditty of “Bye, Bye, Blackbird” in front of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix where President Obama spoke about housing finance ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In these tough and unpredictable times when political leaders fall short of our expectations, and we get caught up in our day to day responsibilities of life, it is good to stop and take a breather. I would like to share with you my favorite poem which has guided ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, my brain froze in its tracks. I found myself speechless, yet full of enough energy to power a nuclear warhead. The emotions bounced around my insides like disco lights, and I found myself more sensitive to my environment than I’d been since the day I came out of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Naomi Campbell, Iman, Alek Wek, Tyra Banks these are the names you think of when you say “black models”, FAMOUS black models. But where are their successors, where are the new iconic black names? Are they coming at all? According to a new article in the NY Times, they ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African American Lewis Latimer invented the filament for the light bulb that illuminates our homes and brings motion pictures to life. The first feature length film was D. W. Griffith’s Birth of A Nation (1915). Up until then movies were never more than 30 minutes. Birth Of A Nation, ...