(ThyBlackMan.com) Ten sure fire ways toward success… Goals can never be accomplished if your spirit is malnourished and your outlook is bleak. Here are 10 ways to stay motivated: 1. Make a list of people you admire, are successful in the way you desire, and are examples of your values. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I thought about my daughters, who don’t need yet another image, song or slogan that makes them look forward to becoming somebody’s baby’s mama, without giving a second thought to doing the hard work necessary to create a stable and sustainable family structure (we also had long conversations when Fantasia’s Baby Mama ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The importance of literacy and comprehension is paramount for Black children to be successful academically. Black children must have strong skills in literacy and comprehension to compete in school and life. What good is reading words if you do not understand the meaning of words and cannot apply them ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘Always fresh, honest and often very funny’ Time Out on Hanging by Her Teeth Too often we are told to get rid of contradictions, told that they threaten us, or make us a threat to others. In this new biography Bonnie Greer gives us an insight into the controversial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Arguably the necktie remains one of the most given gifts to fathers on Father’s Day. According to Shawna Blake, a journalist for Helium.com, “Today the necktie is a bit passé, for there are many dads who don’t find a use for the neck ornament.” There are probably few fathers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest problems confronting many inner-city Black neighborhoods is too many low-income Black males killing other low-income Black males. Needless to say, that is not the way such crimes are diagnosed in most of the press and by Black “leaders.” In newspaper articles and on radio and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, I spoke at the Town Hall meeting on the state of the African American male, hosted by Bev Smith. Bev is the host of an evening talk show with American Urban Radio Networks. I was on a panel with Al Dotson -Chairman of 100 Black Men of America, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Graduating is about change and moving on, and in the same breath it can be frightening as well as exciting. Being frightened and excited often have the same physical symptoms: racing heart, shortness of breath, sweaty palms, etc. The only thing that is really different is your choice of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This coming Sunday marks the celebration of Father’s Day for many around the nation. My son and I have made a big mess constructing an arts and craft thingy for his dad. I love seeing those two interact together, it warms my heart and I feel blessed to have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I really had no idea of what to write about when thinking about the celebration of Father’s Day. I never knew my father. I was two years old when he was killed in my grandmother’s front yard. I was told, when I was old enough to digest the information ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Studies show that if your goals and dreams have many if not all these criterion, they are more likely to be accomplished and become real. 1. Your goals need to be measurable. It’s not enough to say, “I will write more.” It’s much better if you can state, “I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before there was LeBron, before there was M.J., even before Ali, Joe Louis was the greatest. As Langston Hughes so eloquently said of Louis, “No one else in the United States has ever had such an effect on Negro emotions—or on mine. I marched and cheered and yelled and ...