(ThyBlackMan.com) The idea to create a new Buckhead City finally died in the Georgia state legislature. And rightfully so. Democratic members of Atlanta’s state delegation never favored allowing the affluent, majority-white neighborhood of Buckhead to secede from the city of Atlanta. It became a measure long opposed by the city’s business ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Taking the time to talk to our children about morals and values is very important. As they get older, and find themselves faced with various situations, the words we have imparted to them will come back to them when they need it. It seems the words are more effective ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black folks have always been creative whether it was in the Old World, the Mother Land, or the New World. The environments and settings that spawned and staged that creativity but it all influenced pop culture, fashion and culture at large and impacted society. My Creative Journey In my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the rich tapestry of television history, black sitcoms have played a crucial role in entertainment, offering laughs, life lessons, and cultural insights. However, many impactful shows have faded into obscurity, deserving a second look for their pioneering work in representing black experiences and voices. 2. “The Parent ‘Hood” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (**1/2) She was a pioneer. A political warrior. A woman who’s earned an esteemed place in herstory. After Frederick Douglas (1848), Edwin Taylor (1904) and Channing E Phillips (1968). Before Jesse Jackson (1984), Alan Keyes (1992) and Barack Obama (2008). There was Shirley Chisolm (1972). All vied to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I read somewhere that the annual tuition cost for one of these elite coastal universities is North of $70,000. I have not verified this because for fear it will send me into a coma. Even worse, this fee is for undergraduate school and not law or medical school. This I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One thing you’ll learn as you age is that people are different—even if we share some life and family experiences. You can be raised similarly to others in your generation and even outside of it, but time has a way of hanging people. If a significant amount of time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the poetic words we can often find love, passion, deep intimacy, and a healing that is needed when we are broken by life and living. In her first book of poetry author Poetic Beauty manages to craft all of these emotions into her words in “Fragments: The Heart ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself.” Attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte I have read that Georgia Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene plans to enact a plan to oust the current Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Yeah, I was not pleased with the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Bible has made it clear that the believer, in order to run the race of life successfully, must be complete in Christ. An incomplete believer is one who has all the appearances of being the finished product, but has left something off, something important, and by so doing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The African American community is in a crisis economically, due to Joe Biden’s economic policies. And African American leadership, while presenting themselves, as appearing to be organized, are in disarray, when it comes to meaningfully helping Black Americans. We have black faces in powerful positions throughout this nation, and across ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (**) Telling someone “You have nothing between your ears,” isn’t a compliment. Telling a filmmaker and screenwriter “You have nothing between the action scenes,” also isn’t a compliment. Read on… The trailers for The Fall Guy look exciting and certainly the premise has great potential. The stuntman Cole Seavers (Ryan Gosling, Barbie) ...