(ThyBlackMan.com) The great Fred Hampton, Black Panther leader that was murdered by Chicago police in cahoots with the FBI on December 3,1969, had a refrain he used in his speeches. “I am a revolutionary.” Partly he was killed because of his oratory skills, partly because of his organizing skills. He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The greatest threat to the United States right now is not terrorism, foreign or domestic. It’s not the economy or the disappearance of jobs in the coal-mining regions or the manufacturing sector. Nor is it the coming rise of the seas to lap at America’s coastal cities. The greatest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The facts are beyond dispute. Blacks in every state are far more likely to be arrested for marijuana use than whites. They are more likely to be convicted, sentenced and serve jail time for marijuana possession. States spend a staggering near 4 billion dollars on enforcing the marijuana possession ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The good news is that both political conventions are now behind us. The bad news is that the election is ahead of us. No one knows how this election will turn out but — given the awful presidential candidates in both parties — the worst case scenario may be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Having attended the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland two weeks ago and having intently watched the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on TV last week, I couldn’t help but notice how distorted both conventions were, especially in terms of the media’s coverage of them. In the Black community, when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) All the pomp and circumstance has passed. The balloons have fallen, and the conventions are over and through. Expect to see a bounce for Secretary Clinton that essentially wipes away the bump Donald Trump received in the hours and days following his Cleveland closeout. Yes, now is the time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A black mother from Georgia viciously beat her 16-year-old daughter and aired it on Facebook Live as “punishment.” Shanavia Miller cussed and punched her daughter Nia Green in the face and body for four minutes and then told viewers: “Now I’m gonna need y’all to send this viral. Please ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The North Carolina NAACP President, Rev. William Barber, tore it up and then threw down in a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention on July 28th. He called on those assembled to be a “moral defibulator of our time”, to shock our nation with the power of love ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump upped the ante again on arguably the single biggest campaign issue that has Trump and Clinton backers the most anxious about. That’s who gets to appoint who to the Supreme Court during the next four to eight years. There could be anywhere from two ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At my local gym using an aerobic machine, I saw on TV Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood speaking at the DNC. Seeing this despicable, cold, calculating and evil woman at the podium defined the Democrat party as the source of the putrid smell spreading across our country. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Appearing on Fox News on Monday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke excoriated speakers at the Democratic National Convention, contending that the party is “embracing criminality.” While it is certainly gratifying to hear a champion of law and order (Clarke even asserted that Hillary Clinton is a “confirmed liar” who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thank God none of the Founding Fathers were alive to speak at the RNC this year; they might have been booed off the stage had they not endorsed Donald Trump. Ironically, the darlings of the radical left-wing arm of the Democratic Party, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. ...