(ThyBlackMan.com) No one wants to be called an Uncle Tom. Targeted at middle- or upper-class African Americans, it’s nearly the same as a slur — right up there with the “N” word. Uncle Tom means that you’ve bought into the establishment and are not looking back to the folks who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Basic Know Your Rights Information… I. Four Levels of Police Encounters/Intrusions 1. Approach/Common Law Right to Inquire 2. Explanatory Information 3. Stop/Frisk 4. Arrest/Search a. Arrest with a Warrant b. Arrest without a Warrant c. Search d. Searching Your Home e. Searching Your Vehicle II. What To Expect After ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our writer Dr. Boyce Watkins takes the time to interview Dr. Neal Hall who recently published the book entitled; Nigger for life… 1) What is your name, and what do you do? — My name is Neal Hall, M.D. I am a poet, author, and eye physician-surgeon. 2) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the most important keys to the advancement of the Black American community is the empowerment of Black American families. There are numerous research studies that continue to dwell solely on the deficit social progress statistics or on the pathology of African Americans in 2011. For sure there ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The dream of every little boy is to grow to become a man. That perception of manhood is shaped by vast interactions the young man has within his community and most importantly his father. I can remember wanting to be and do everything that I observed my father do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I stood in line for over an hour with my arms full of books before thinking of how bittersweet that moment was. Sure, I was adding six or seven books to my collection at a discounted price, but I was standing in the middle of another Borders that was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Civil Rights Game between Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies – To be Held on Sunday, May 15 at Turner Field in Atlanta, GA… Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman, Grammy Award Winner Carlos Santana and Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks will receive MLB Beacon Awards during 2011 Civil Rights ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) – Is the economy beating you up? It’s time to get creative and create your very own do-it-yourself medicine cabinet. Next time you have an ache or pain, forget about a costly trip to the drugstore and test-drive some of your grandmother’s remedies instead. It’ll save money and be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) will actively support the Prostate Health Education Network’s (PHEN) Father’s Day Rally Against Prostate Cancer to be held on Sunday, June 19, 2011. CNBC is comprised of the national leadership of nine Black Church denominations that have a combined membership of 30 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African Americans are on the way out. We are out of style, out of line and many of us are out of our minds. And I suggest that we go further out. Until there is nowhere left to go. It’s like learning to swim the hard way. You get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On average, the cost of college doubles every nine years according to FinAid.org, a comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools. To combat tuition inflation families have turned to 529 college savings plans, a state sponsored tax advantaged education savings plan that allows account holders to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We know what you’re thinking. “What?! Avoid healthy foods?” Yep, you heard us. Now, of course, we don’t mean all healthy foods (as if we’d let you off the hook that easily). Instead, recent studies by food industry experts have targeted a few foods that, while they certainly have ...