(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems that some Black people have suddenly become one issue voters. I’ve been voting for a lot of years, and I have seen Black people vote for the lesser of two evils without complaining. I’m from Louisiana, so much of my life the lesser of two evils was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are a variety of verses in the Bible that seem to command us to avoid fallen or backslidden Christians. Yet one verse in particular, Galatians 6:1, commands us to restore fallen Christians. What are we to do? 1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 1 Corinthians 5:11 – But now I have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many perspectives on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Perspectives about which we continue to explore, write and speak. Pastor of the people, Philosopher of non-violence, Ph.D. in theology, Peacemaker of Nobel Prize quality, Protester of racial injustice, Councilor to Presidents and a Promoter of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some recent research studies have found biological changes in new fathers — even at the hormonal and brain cell level. One study in Israel tracked levels of the hormone oxytocin in first-time parents during the early months of parenting. Oxytocin is known for its correlation to moments of strong ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In spite of the numerous blatant and subliminal social obstacles that the Black community has faced in the past and continues to face, a remarkable number of African Americans have risen to highly-esteemed statuses in the professions, arts, letters, professional sports and the entertainment field in the last 100 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Sunday evening, in the minutes after the official announcement of Bin Laden’s death at the hands of American Special Forces, I began receiving two kinds of phone calls. One genre came from my media junkie friends, ever eager to gab about the social significance of any news considered ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hat committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former linebacker makes his biggest hit by teaching kids life lessons through chess… Unlike Cam Newton, Von Miller, Marcell Dareus and the other former collegiate standouts recently selected by professional football teams, Kevin Fite never experienced the thrill of having his name called on draft day. However, once upon ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Diabetes success is measured by how well you can control your blood sugar. There are 3.2 million Blacks living with diabetes, and one of the major challenges they face is managing their disease with proper diet, regular exercise, and medication. Many people with diabetes don’t understand that your level ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everything has its opposite. Black has white. Night has day. Hard, soft. Hot, cold. If there was a Martin Luther King Jr., there had to be a Malcolm X. Martin Luther King, history remembers. Malcolm X, history tries to forget. But each man in his own way dominated the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hours before President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden was dead I was, by weird coincidence, in Memphis, Tennessee, early Sunday evening, May 1st. I had just been driven there after delivering a commencement address at Lane College in Jackson, about two hours east of that great music ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) SEVERAL recent studies have garnered wide attention for reconfirming the tragic disconnection of millions of black youths from the American mainstream. But they also highlighted another crisis: the failure of social scientists to adequately explain the problem, and their inability to come up with any effective strategy to deal ...