(ThyBlackMan.com) The moment that the trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk began, my spirit leapt for joy as I realized that the story unfolding on the screen was James Baldwin’s classic story of Love and Blackness in a nation that routinely seeks to stomp out the latter in a desperate ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Prior to Christmas 2018, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban decided to play the role of the Grinch with some words while complementing European basketball and arguably back-handing American basketball and NBA players. Cuban’s team, the Dallas Mavericks, have one of the most exciting young NBA players in rookie Luka Doncic, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, the swirling aka interracial relationship agenda is being heavily pushed by the corporate mainstream media whether it be in commercials, ads, TV shows, or movies. Another thing about the swirling agenda is that it’s also being promoted and encouraged by a small sector of people in the black community ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Success is defined in a number of ways and can be described as a process or a journey. It isn’t given; instead, it’s something that you have to work at and be willing to take certain measures to improve yourself. You have to turn your vision into reality through ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Most of us remember being bored at assemblies and speeches as children. This probably didn’t foster our own desire to become great public speakers. However, now that we have found our voices, we can employ a number of tricks to help engage kids, and change their minds about listening to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)  Bennett College for Women is an oasis where we educate and celebrate women, and develop them into twenty-first-century leaders and global thinkers.  That was my elevator speech in the five years, from 2007 through 2012, when I led the college.  It is still an oasis, a safe space for Black ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am always suspicious when someone asks, “May, I ask you a question?” So, I hope it is understandable when a caller into the blog talk radio show “Who Did It To You?” issued that specific request that I prepared for the worst. It has been my experience that the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What happens after the government shut down? When the new US Congress convenes in January of 2019, the Democrats will have a House majority. And with that new power, there is one mission which should be at the top of their to-do list:  Reinstatement of The Voting Rights Act of ...