(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) I am a proud graduate of Morehouse College. I am among a distinguished group of alumni who include Martin Luther King, Jr., Edwin Moses, Spike Lee, Samuel Jackson, Maynard Jackson and current Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain. It is unfortunately, most African Americans will not give Cain any objective ...
(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) BLACK CONSUMERS SPEND $2.2 BILLION WITH TOYOTA, YET TOYOTA REFUSES TO THANK BLACK CONSUMERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT… Toyota Motor Sales USA executives have angered National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Chairman Danny Bakewell Sr. and America’s preeminent Black newspaper publishers after the troubled carmaker backed out of a multi-million dollar ...
(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My mind is still unable to wrap itself around how LeBron James went from being considered to be a great athlete and team player to becoming one of the most hated athletes in all of sport. I hear people talk about LeBron like he’s the devil or a man ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The meeting of the Southern Baptists this week in Phoenix revealed an interesting surprise. In an effort to increase minority representation in its ranks, the group has elected an African American pastor to become First Vice President. This is the first time in the group’s history that this move ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The church used to be the mirror that society looked into to see its reflection. But, now the church has become the reflection that mirrors society. Unfortunately, the church seems to have lost its way and can no longer be counted on to provide light in a dark world. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have come to realize that in order for me to have a balanced life, I must strive for healthy thoughts, followed by healthy actions, live within my means, let go of matters outside of your control, take time to de-stress, and live my life in wonder and with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was born in the late 1950’s and I experienced discrimination at an early age. I’m old enough to remember racial segregation, the Black and white lines in the South, and the changes brought about by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Six years later I was one of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Herman Cain, businessman and declared candidate for the GOP 2012 presidential nomination, puts a face on the resurgence of Black Conservatism sweeping America. Representing a group sometimes called the “minority in a minority” and “marginalized of the marginalized,” Cain is bringing national attention to those many thought extinct. While, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the 2011 graduation season moves into full swing, Black Americans are reminded that only about two-thirds of students who enter the 9th grade will graduate with a high school diploma four years later. Among minority males the dropout rate is ominous. High school dropout is a national crisis ...