(ThyBlackMan.com) On Thursday, March 21st, 2013, the world lost an intellectual heavyweight in Professor Chinua Achebe. He died at the age of 82. Commonly regarded as the father of African literature because of his development of the field, Achebe penned many significant books—most influential of these being Things Fall Apart, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Athletes Just Get a Scholarship… Those who oppose the idea of the NCAA sharing it’s billions with the families of student athletes tend to cite the scholarship as a fair and primary form of compensation. The problem for the NCAA is that it’s difficult to rake in more money ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Written in 2000… With all the “talk” about college athletes not getting paid while coaches, directors, and universities earn billions in revenue, I thought I’d go back into the Blackonomics archives to find the following article. Although it has taken 13 years, I am glad to see this topic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) SANKOFA: A West African word meaning to retrieve the past in order to live in the future. February, the nationally-recognized, officially-designated month to observe, celebrate, and praise much of Black America’s achievements and contributions to weaving the fabric of the American civilization has come and gone. It seems that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now I want to make one thing clear. As a child I attended school. With that being said, I was educated at home. I say this because many of us do not or cannot see the difference between school and education. Schooling is just that, sending kids to a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every work of fiction is prefaced with the claim, “Any similarity to any real persons or situations is purely coincidental.” But don’t you believe it. Every piece of writing, particularly if it aspires to greatness, contains but a thin veneer over the real. The difference is that here the writer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Keep the faith, baby!” is the title of the 2002 documentary about the life and times of the first Black New York Congressperson, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., starring Harry Lennix and Vanessa Williams. “Keep the faith, baby!” was the favorite saying of this charismatic, revolutionary leader of Harlem, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You know that Norton 360 can help you remove viruses from your computer, keep them from getting in through downloads and that it works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But did you know that there are three additional virus-banishing benefits to using this new software that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Peace Family, BIG shout-outs to Brotha Lamar & his Queen Sista Ronnie, for their efforts to promote the most important element in our communities, Marriage. Debate this if you will…history demonstrates that we are all better-off in traditional family units, and this Cool Couple has created a wonderful website ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NFL is in a world of trouble. Amid players being charged with crimes such as assault, driving under the influence, dog fighting, murder, narcotics trafficking, self leg shooting (lol I had to), & rape, players are being tested positive for steroids & other drugs. The Patriots & Saints, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While many who are not in their shoes to ever know, the pain that resides in a Mothers heart who has an incarcerated child has no equal as it is based on the inability to come to their aid in a protective fashion when needed. The Mothering instincts have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The other day, I was speaking to someone about the forum that I am holding with Min Louis Farrakhan on Wealth, Education, Family and Community. The topic that came up is the depth of black male marginalization and how millions of talented black men are left on the fringes ...