(ThyBlackMan.com) REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT – AT THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK ANNUAL GALA… Sheraton New York Hotel – New York, New York 6:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Good to be in New York City. Let me begin by acknowledging some very, very special guests. Dr. Richardson, thank you. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m in New York right now preparing to see President Barack Obama as part of the “Measuring the Movement” forum that I have decided to attend. As you might expect, the security is through the roof, and people are excited. I was happy to see President Obama commit himself ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today I mentioned to a friend that I was looking forward to analyzing the report on the State of Black America issued by the Urban League every year. The person responded to my comment with an interesting question. He said, “Do these gatherings actually lead to action or is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Another election campaign season is upon us and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Agents of change have surfaced to challenge and undo the calamities of the past eight years. This is no small task. Yet for all its enormity, the catalyst for change starts with the simplest of actions: ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama’s reelection bid announcement was pro forma. There was never any doubt whether he’d run again, and if the GOP has anything to do with it, the odds are looking better every day that he’ll win in a walk away. It didn’t start out that way, though. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Monday opened his quest for a second White House term, calling on his supporters to reconnect after two tough years and gird for a battle to protect his crusade of change. Obama, now a gray-haired incumbent barely recognizable from the prophet of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a growing libertarian movement among black people. It is very small at present, but cannot help but grow. The emails I have received and the conversations I have had indicate the seed is germinating. There are, however, a number of black people who simply do not know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember the summer of 2009 when I received the very first phone call from CNN about a black professor at Harvard University who’d been arrested on his front porch. The professor’s name was Henry Louis Gates, a prominent black scholar in the field of African American studies. Gates had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After more than two years in office, the first president of African descent finally made his way to the historic cultural and intellectual center of Black America, Harlem. And for many in the Harlem community, his visit was nothing short of a big letdown. The president made two stops: ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has stated that he has no plans to pardon Jamie and Gladys Scott. When he was asked if he planned to pardon the sisters after releasing them from prison, Barbour told the Associated Press, “Tell ’em don’t save any space in the newspaper for that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In attacking Libya, the UN, the US and their western allies are stomping on a paper thin principle, made more porous by their own inaction against Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The Bush doctrine on regime change in Iraq was bad, therefore had no UN mandate, so we were made ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Someone should introduce the Barack Obama who addressed the nation Monday on Libya to the Barack Obama who has been dancing around the edge of the budget fight. In his Libya speech, Obama was clear, forceful and principled. Yes, there were some ambiguities, but these were dictated by a ...