(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you mean you can’t do math? You invented it! An animal bone, with markings used for counting, discovered in South Africa is estimated to be more than 35,000 years old. Another bone, the Ishango Bone, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, not only has markings for counting, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chicago, Illinois – On May 14, 2011, the eyes of American educators will focus on Chicago to see if the top educators in America can produce strategies and techniques to successfully educate Black boys. The list of educational woes for Black boys and young men in the American education ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Rev. Al Sharpton and I went to Ohio earlier this year to rally on behalf of Kelley Williams-Bolar, I thought I’d be done with cases like this for at least a little while. However, the Your Black World Coalition has been informed today that another mother in Connecticut has also ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You did it! You got your son, grandson, nephew, cousin or family friend off to college. For many, this is a dream come true and the end of an 18-year journey. Think again. Getting the Black man in your life to college is only the beginning. Getting him to graduate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was recently announced that Harvard University has admitted a record number of African American students this year. The UK Guardian has revealed that 11.8% of Harvard’s incoming freshmen are African American. This is quite an achievement for nearly any university, especially one that exists among the elite. Harvard’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The following is an exerpt from the book, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about College.” Before I tell you all the great things about college, and all the things that are going to happen before, during and after, we should start with a very basic question: why do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week was supposed to be a landmark occasion in the evolution of contemporary African American thought. A new release on the life and death of an American success and race tragedy, published by Viking (Penguin Group) and written by author, columnist, scholar Manning Marable, called Malcolm X: Life ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Believe it or not, it gets cold in North Carolina. I remember when Sir Gil used to sing to me about Winter in America, so I guess that’s not anything new, but I can tell you that right now, it’s certainly cold in North Carolina. Late Friday night, about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I was sold to a sick European by a rich African battlin’ Middle Passages, I can’t go back again Battlin’ years of denied history, lies and mysteries Wives with misty eyes watchin’ their husbands be beaten viciously Battle in the wilderness of North America Run by the river, only ...
(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) Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died Friday, just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released. He was 60. His wife, Leith Mullings, said Marable died from complications of pneumonia ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No, But It Can Be Reinvented… A massive public debate has ensued around education. From the White House and Congress down to every state, every urban city, the discussion is not “how do we reinvest in education” but “if we should reinvent in public education.” It’s an asinine question ...