(ThyBlackMan.com) As a freelance journalist I have had the opportunity to cover the breadth of the social-historical political realm but nothing quite compares to the political blunders of our current commander in chief. Donald Trump continues to embarrass himself (and, in turn, the USA). His latest interview with Fox’s Ainsley Earhardt ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I never imaged that something other than “popping gum” could drive me to the brink of insanity. However, I spoke too soon when I declared this annoyance the most disturbing thing in the world as another annoying tendency has overthrown “popping gum” on my list of things I cannot stand. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The hair battle has seemed to remain a staple in the back to school argument. There is a lasting discussion about what qualifies hair as inappropriate, and a conflict to the learning process. It is understandable that it is the job of the parent to know the school policy regarding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) More than a century ago, W.E.B. DuBois posited “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” If anything, DuBois appears to have understated the length of time that “the color line” would haunt this nation. It is difficult to argue that this cancer expired during ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It saddened me to hear Senator John McCain passed away. As someone that recently lost my father my heart goes out to his wife and children. I understand that regardless of who he was to this country he was a husband, and a father. As the nation mourns his passing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even after the adoption of legalized segregation in the late 19th century, individuals who were as much as one quarter Black were classified as white. According to George Tillman a delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention in 1895. It is a scientific fact that there is not one full-blooded ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the fifth month (Av), and the ninth day of that month, in about the year 576 BC, the first Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians. As Nebuchadnezzar and his army was besieging Jerusalem, The prophet Jeremiah and several priests took the sacred artifacts from the Holy of Holies in the Temple, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we approach a new season of pro football, the league and its players have yet again proven incapable of coming up with an effective response that addresses the issue of the players engaging in various levels of protests when the national anthem is played before the game. In PR ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently in Georgia the Chatsworth police tasered an 87 year old woman and charged her with trespassing and obstruction. Are you freakin kidding me? While she did have a knife, she did not speak English and she was reportedly out cutting flowers in a wooded area. This makes me sick ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Raiders from what present day African country enslaved more than a million Europeans and US citizens in the 18th and 19th centuries? Their ships sailed as far north as Iceland attacking European shipping and coastal settlements seizing thousands upon thousands of captives and selling them into slavery. This country eventually ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are on the doorstep of the beginning of the 2018 college football season. Over 120 teams will compete for bowl bids, conference championships, and to be among the four teams selected in the College Football Playoff to conclude the college football season. This year will be filled with talented ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I can make a difference!” Every July thousands of students from Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® sites across the country participate in the CDF Freedom Schools National Day of Social Action. This year’s action focused on the need to vote for children and the fact that every vote matters. ...