(ThyBlackMan.com) Marion Orr’s House of Diggs is the kind of political biography that feels personal, especially for Black readers who understand how deeply representation, power, and community are intertwined. This isn’t just a story about a congressman; it’s a story about a man who carried the hopes of Black Detroit, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know I preface a lot of what I write with “when I was growing up,” or “in my childhood.” But it is factual and rings poetic. In my early years, a movie called “Carwash“ came out. It is a 1976 comedy set over the course of a single ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many years we have heard about Tuskegee airmen. A few years ago, we had the opportunity to see the movie Red Tails. We were delighted in the fact that they were Black as they performed seemingly impossible feats. Now may be a time for people wanting to be involved ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “If the stars were made to worship, so will I” (Psalm 147:4) There is a point, a space in time, somewhere above the clouds, but before the stars appear. Where the noise of our daily lives — drops away. And all that is left is a vast, empty, silent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When initiating “Negro History Week” in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose February for reasons of tradition and reform. It is commonly said that Woodson selected February to encompass the birthdays of two great Americans who played a prominent role in shaping Black history: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In remembrance, retrieval and reaffirmation. Clearly, in this important month and historical moment of celebrating Black History through remembrance and recommitment to ever-deeper study and emancipatory practice, our minds easily turn to the writings and life work of the father of Black History Month, Nana Dr. Carter G. Woodson ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Did you know that the U.S. hemp industry saw explosive growth in recent years, climbing from about $820 million in 2017 to a staggering $2.6 billion in 2022? That surge says a lot about the growing interest in recreational cannabis products. If you are a beginner asking yourself, “Where ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America’s children are growing up in a landscape shaped by persistent educational inequities, the trauma of gun violence, and the psychological toll of civil unrest. For Black and minority children, these forces converge in ways that threaten not only their safety and well-being but also their ability to thrive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few thinkers spoke to the interior life of Black America with the clarity, compassion, and insistence of bell hooks. Her work never asked readers to perform enlightenment. It asked them to be honest. Honest about pain. Honest about love. Honest about power. Honest about responsibility. bell hooks understood that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From pioneering navigation to America in 1492, to enduring and overcoming the inhumanity of slavery, to the Reconstruction Era where we succeeded in helping with the abolition of slavery while securing our rights as citizens, to the Jim Crow Era where we founded historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) History lives not only in textbooks and museums but in the stories we carry, the faces we remember, and the lives we celebrate. For African American communities, honoring legacy and memory has always been an act of resilience, dignity, and unity. From the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest names in men’s college basketball this season was relatively unknown a couple of months ago. Baylor center James Nnaji has garnered attention for being a college basketball player for this 2025-2026 college basketball season despite this being a strong year for freshmen like Duke’s Cameron ...