(ThyBlackMan.com) Historically Black fraternities and sororities – often referred to as Black Greek-letter organizations, or BGLOs – have been making a difference in the lives of Black Americans for more than a hundred years. Members of these organizations have historically been at the forefront of the struggle for racial equality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the mid to latter part of the twentieth century in the US you could rarely go to a city or county in the South that didn’t have a school named after George Washington Carver. Even during the days of virulent racial oppression and caste, George Washington Carver was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Joe “The Black Eagle” Madison, an unapologetic radio activist who dedicated his life fighting on and off the air, has died of prostate cancer. And amid all tributes the question that is being most asked is who now will carry the progressive torch for Black America? “Joe Madison was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When former President Donald Trump during his time in office called the massive influx of illegal immigration an “invasion,” the media denounced him as “racist.” Consider this headline in The Atlantic: “Why Trump Uses ‘Invasion’ to Describe Immigrants.” The article ripped Trump’s “racist language”: “If you want to know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the years, I have shared information about the accomplishments of Africans that largely go unrecognized and overlooked due to a deliberate campaign to suppress, obfuscate and ignore African people and our history. For example few people know Africans were the first boat builders, the first navigators of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we engage the 2024 ASALH Black History Theme: “African Americans and the Arts”, it is important to approach it as a celebration, invitation and opportunity to remember and reflect on the essential and enduring role art has played in our lives and struggle to be ourselves and free ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For baseball fans one of the biggest events of the entire year is the announcement of the National Baseball Hall of Fame voting results. This year, one of those chosen for baseball’s greatest honor was third baseman Adrián Beltré, who was a first ballot Hall of Fame selection as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently the Congress of the United States held a hearing regarding the damage social media is causing. They had no problems, slamming companies like TikTok, Facebook and Instagram and it’s always easy to blame somebody else. I am not here to defend those social media companies. But I am ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) History was made when… “Twenty and odd” Africans landed in Virginia in August of 1619; Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat in December of 1955; France awarded the Croix de Guerre, its highest military honor, to the entire 369th Infantry Regiment, known as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This year, we commemorate Black History Month under the shadow of continued efforts to whitewash or eliminate lessons about race and systemic racism in classrooms across the United States. These efforts to spoon-feed children sugarcoated versions of our history leave them ill-equipped to be citizens weighing in on the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In his autobiography, the legendary Groucho Marx wrote about an incident in which he resigned from a prestigious social club: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” I note Marx’s quip as I consider the myriad attacks on Ivy League schools ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Knowing the quickest approach to exchange Bitcoins for cash is a crucial skill that any Bitcoin user who is curious about how to convert Bitcoins to cash has to possess. Among the many justifications are real-world applicability, ability to handle market volatility with ease, emergency readiness, investment and diversification ...