(ThyBlackMan.com) It was vintage Louis Farrakhan. The controversial Nation of Islam leader delivered a free-wheeling, take no prisoners speech at the sold out Atlanta Civic Center speech on June 26 to a wildly cheering audience. He knocked Jews for allegedly controlling the entertainment industry, and lambasted black athletes and entertainers as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Perhaps we should start becoming players and to stop finding creative ways to get played… My head cocked to the side just a bit when I heard the news about Olympic Champion Tommie Smith deciding to auction off his gold medal from the 1968 Olympics. Tommie, of “black fist” fame, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The biggest sports story of the week has been Sports Illustrated‘s piece on Josh Luchs, the agent who admitted to paying more than 30 NCAA football players money from 1990-1996. Every reporter, analyst, talking head and person with a forum has weighed in. Paying players is a major recruiting violation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ralph Jones Jr., a brilliant 16-year-old who had his pick of colleges and chose Florida A&M University, chatted with The Root about why he went with a historically black school over an Ivy League, and the negative attention he’s getting for his decision…. When a boy enters first grade ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) – Almighty Debt: A Black in America Special (AIRS OCT. 21 on CNN), told through the 7,000-member First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, New Jersey, explores how an institution central to African-American communities for generations is helping them survive the worst financial crisis since the Depression. Every leading indicator ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) – Almighty Debt: A Black in America Special (AIRS OCT. 21 on CNN), told through the 7,000-member First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, New Jersey, explores how an institution central to African-American communities for generations is helping them survive the worst financial crisis since the Depression. Every leading indicator – ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some of them may help us solve our current challenges… African Americans are currently experiencing a time of social and economic hardship that exceeds any other racial group in America. We lead the nation in unemployment (15.6 percent), incarceration rates (40 percent), HIV infections (46 percent) and a host ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If it seems like you’re getting the cold shoulder at work, that chill you feel may be more than your imagination. Too many people ignore obvious red flags, as well as subtle indications that they may be about to get the axe. Here are 10 warning signs about your ...