(ThyBlackMan.com) Our 40th president’s birthday earlier this month caused me to reflect upon how Ronald Reagan impacted my life. In 1981, I was a young singer/songwriter, clueless about politics, when Ronald Reagan won the presidency. An event planner asked me to perform at an Inaugural Ball. Reporters asked, “Why are ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a video floating around the internet of a man calling for a boycott of Nicki Minaj, mainly because of her alleged disparaging lyrics and the potential effect it may have on black women and girls. According to this nameless guy, who posted this seven minute compilation video ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I was able to fit the bill and travel to Dallas, Texas this past week for my first experience at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference. I was nervous due to all of the crazy stuff that has been going on with me since the beginning of the semester. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As we celebrate and acknowledge the significance of Black History Month, we remember those who paved the way for success and progress among the black community.  We remember the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote racial equality and to eradicate poverty and injustice. We remember the bravery ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Money is ruining politics! What do you mean? The Supreme Court removed virtually every barrier to restrict the flow of money into politics. What’s wrong with that? Why shouldn’t everyone be able to spend as much as they want to back any candidate they want? What’s wrong with that? ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Fashion: conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., esp. of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion. I understand that fashion statements come and go.   I am well aware that each generation has a way of expressing themselves and I definitely can ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Can we finally talk about it now? Has enough time passed so we can in earnest address the more substantive issues? I would suggest that we’ve had more than enough time to forward Whitney Houston’s obituary to every friend we had, post every imaginable link to our “favorite” moments ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul is assisting former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s bid for the Republican nomination. According to NBC News, the Ron Paul campaign is passing around opposition research to the Mitt Romney campaign, focusing on thwarting former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum’s rise in the ...