(ThyBlackMan.com) In the hoopla that will surround dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statue on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., there are three stories that few journalists, if any, will cover. • Only two African-Americans donated $1 million or more as of July, according to the list ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As Obama vacations in Martha’s Vineyard, he is purported working on a new job plan in addition to other issues that confront the United States. With 14 million Americans looking for employment and African Americans uncertain as to the Presidents strategy to deal with the disproportionate level of unemployment ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost 8 million people in the U.S. suffer from hyperhidrosis, a condition where someone sweats unpredictably and more often than necessary. Why We Sweat We have 2-4 million sweat glands in our bodies, concentrated on the forehead, face, hands underarms, and feet. They produce sweat that’s excreted through skin ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The wildly popular movie, The Help, though hailed in many quarters is at the same time roundly condemned in others. Why is that. . .   Every movie, in fact anything that calls itself art, operates on two levels. There is what you see and hear, and there is what ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Emmett Till was murdered on August 28, 1955. They found his body horribly mangled at the bottom of the Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. Till had dared to break one of the sacred rules of the Jim Crow South. He ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Men, your marriage is the best it can possibly be, right? Well, maybe. But if you’re like lots of couples, you find it all too easy to put everything and everyone else first and take each other for granted. Unless you become aware of your own hurtful attitudes or ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.     Ambrose Bierce I voted for the first time in 2008. I don’t plan on voting in 2012. And I won’t vote ever again in this country until a new day ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In part one of this series I discussed how there are many similarities between rural towns and our African American concentrated inner-cities.  I discussed how certain “grow your own” business strategies have led to stabilization and even growth for some of these towns that have experienced decades of decline.  ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This is the debate our community was waiting to have. It is a “must have.” We will discover everybody’s motives as this conversation shakes out. Those who claim they’re with Obama, and just want him to “do something” to help black people. They who claim they’re with Obama, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a song by gospel recording artist, J.Moss, which speaks to the testament of being in the favor of GOD. “We Must Praise,” speaks to everyone who has been blessed with the gift of life and talents. If you are in need of a spiritual healing, love, or ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I see the future of America as a society that is knowledge-based competing and succeeding in the changing dynamics of the modern world.  Creating a knowledge-based society involves getting all people on board.  In perfecting skills to compete in a global world, it is imperative that education is at ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As the date for the Martin Luther King Memorial dedication approaches, I am finding ways to convince myself that I should be excited and inspired.  I think about the extraordinary life of the man whose speeches my mother made me recite when I was 12, and how Dr. King’s ...