(ThyBlackMan.com) My offering to Black History Month is dedicated to a man whom I knew and by whom I had the pleasure of seeing history being made right before my eyes. His words rang out in prose and song on the initial occasion of our meeting in Philadelphia in 1999. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Jackie Robinson is remembered for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, but he played a less heralded role in Republican politics and black community activism. Robinson was a vital voice of reason in the early ‘60’s as the black liberation movement in the urban north grew more ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I consider the South Side of Chicago to be my second home.  I love this community like no other, and I find this part of the city to be filled with hard working, intelligent, loving and industrious citizens.  The South Side gets a lot of attention for the violence, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I often wonder why Obama-haters tend to hate Obama so much more than they do the Republicans, who have a much more malevolent agenda towards the American people. The GOP is engaged in an ongoing campaign to abolish Medicare, Social Security, organized labor, the minority’s right to vote, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you ever joined a gym or bought the latest exercise video, only to lose motivation and quit altogether? If you’re like most folks, you know what I mean. Your intentions are good, but the fiery motivation that gets you going eventually fizzles and you find yourself right back where ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It has always been intriguing to me that we have elected thousands of Black politicians since Reconstruction, especially since 1970, while the number of Black economic advocates pales in comparison. Understanding that Black economic advocates are not elected per se, it makes sense to me that if economics is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sorry I’ve left you guys without any “real” articles to read. I was busy focusing on my classes to get my Associates degree but I’m back again with some free time on my hands, so let’s get down to business. With all of the crazy events that’s been going ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You know it’s coming. Of course it is. Even as you read this, somewhere in Hollywood an anxious, enterprising producer is  having a Christopher Dorner script developed. Names like L.L. Cool J and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are being bandied about. Or producers could simply recruit an unknown with ...