(ThyBlackMan.com) The death of the great Manning Marable at Columbia University was hard for me. At the young age of 60, Professor Marable took his rightful place with the legends of the black history, ending an amazing life and remarkable career. Professor Marable passed as one of the great black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former NBA player and Fab Five member Jalen Rose was suspended indefinitely by ESPN after reports surfaced that Rose had been arrested for drunk driving. According to ESPN, Rose was being sent to the bench for not reporting the incident to the network. Rose allegedly failed a blood-alcohol test ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a growing libertarian movement among black people. It is very small at present, but cannot help but grow. The emails I have received and the conversations I have had indicate the seed is germinating. There are, however, a number of black people who simply do not know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember the summer of 2009 when I received the very first phone call from CNN about a black professor at Harvard University who’d been arrested on his front porch. The professor’s name was Henry Louis Gates, a prominent black scholar in the field of African American studies. Gates had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After more than two years in office, the first president of African descent finally made his way to the historic cultural and intellectual center of Black America, Harlem. And for many in the Harlem community, his visit was nothing short of a big letdown. The president made two stops: ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are a number of social issues which are of great concern to many black people. Many of us see a number of issues which plague blacks to a more noticeable extent than other minorities and whites. There is substantial poverty among blacks. There are serious problems with crime, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has stated that he has no plans to pardon Jamie and Gladys Scott. When he was asked if he planned to pardon the sisters after releasing them from prison, Barbour told the Associated Press, “Tell ’em don’t save any space in the newspaper for that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So about a day ago, I wrote an entry to commend black women of all shapes, colors and sizes. Article can be found here; https://thyblackman.com/2011/04/02/a-tribute-to-the-sistas/. I encouraged all black women no matter what shade, hairstyle, or attitude they had, to love themselves in the face of negative media images. I told ...