(ThyBlackMan.com) Too often we get caught up in our daily lives, going to work, watching TV, or going out with friends, and we forget that the world we live in now was made for us. We are experiencing the effects of people who have sacrificed everything, and maybe even their lives, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Just as the Memphite Theology is the source of Greek philosophy or primitive science, so it is also the basis of modern scientific belief.” George G.M. James Stolen Legacy page 145 originally published in 1954 As we celebrate Black History Month, let us not fall into the trap of European ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History selects a theme for Black History Month. This year, the theme, African Americans in Times of War, is meant to commemorate the end of World War I, the war that supposedly made the world “safe for democracy”. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The phenomenal success of the motion picture Hidden Figures shows that there is an audience for well-crafted films featuring African American themes and stars. More importantly, it shows how African Americans are inextricably linked not only to American history, but also to world shaping events. In commemoration of Black History ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is beautiful that we see campaigns like “Because of Them We Can”. When I was a little girl growing up we had not publically arrived at that place. Children were taught what they could accomplish from parents, teachers and community members. Sometimes there were those that told us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although we’re clear of the last global recession, you may still want to save money around the house. Although we’d all like more money in our pockets, finding ways to save can sometimes feel pretty hard. If you’re struggling to save money, there are a number of things you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) She stood gloriously, her hair swallowed by a red scarf, the strength and glory of her taut brown face a symbol of a beauty that does not fade. Still, I imagine, she likely wouldn’t make the cover of some glamour magazine today without an “extreme makeover” or perhaps a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s get rid of Black History Month. I know. It sounds crazy — like something that you might hear at a Tea Party rally, or from a political pundit spouting some notion that minority people get special privileges, while ignoring white privilege. It’s a ludicrous idea, but let me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to make more Black history. Black History Month is now celebrated around the world. We are grateful for the visionary leadership of noted historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson for being the founder of what was known as Negro History ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I just read a snippet from an old article in Essence Magazine indicating that researchers have uncovered new information suggesting that Cleopatra may not have been Black. The article brought back to mind a piece I read by Earl Ofari Hutchinson many years ago entitled, Whose Black History To Believe? In that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1852, Frederick Douglass spoke of America’s hypocrisy when dealing with the issue of slavery. He mused: “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why should we celebrate the bombs bursting in air, when the nation had already declared war on us? On July 4, 1776, when the United States of America gained its independence from Great Britain, Africans in America were still in slavery. The nation talked about independence, but there was ...