(ThyBlackMan.com) As we move into a new year, it is absolutely critical that we African-American people get serious about providing a quality education for our children. Nearly 20 years ago in a column in the Richmond Free Press, I wrote that “Churches, Greek organizations, social and civic clubs need to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: ‘that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Part 1 “If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.” Carter G. Woodson Having graduated from an HBCU (South Carolina State University) and now working at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Further revelations about the SAT cheating scandal that emerged in September and has now ensnared at least 40 former high school students from Long Island, New York, in addition to the original 5 suspects charged with accepting payments between $500 to $3600 to take SAT and ACT exams for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Quality education is one of the most important factors in determining one’s future prosperity and destiny. But for Black American parents and students the issue will affect not only our overall quality of life, but also will determine how we will achieve to the fullest extent actual freedom, justice, equality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artistic expressions possess as much personal meaning for me as The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Anytime I listen to the album, I am transported back in time, back to my college years, back to the blossoming of new love (When dating my wife, our first song was “Nothing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first thought about getting a PhD in Business, I found out about the PhD Project. This ground-breaking initiative had the simple goal of creating more black professors to sit in the front of the classroom. It was established by the KPMG Foundation, and from what I understand, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tragic Events There are tragic stories of young people like 15 year old Phoebe Prince who have taken their lives because of bullying. Even Iain Steele a 15 year old that lived in Chicago and had a promising future in high school and Carl Walker-Hoover 11 years old, even ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the last few years I have been consumed with one question that has placed me in the top 1% of the student body during my college years: What are the ‘A and B level’ students doing each semester that no one else is? Why do they consistently do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) October is Bullying Prevention Month; the increase of bullying in schools, communities, neighborhoods, and even churches has continued to show how bullying is affecting lives. The growing awareness across the country even in political circles creates a mindset that Bullying is a violation of Human Rights to those being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The national episodes of bullying by students, the antibullying prevention efforts being imposed there is a growing awareness that students are taking responsibility for their learning and standing up for the empowerment of education. October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, education is key to success and role models ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I listened to the GOP Presidential debates last night on Fox News. Of course, my #1 issue is always education. And of course these GOP candidates continue to use 30-year old solutions in a 21st century world. How many candidates say they would abolish the U.S. Department of Education? ...