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(ThyBlackMan.com) When the news broke that Sonny Rollins passed away at 95, it honestly felt like a piece of American music history slipped away quietly in the middle of the night. Some artists become famous. Some become respected. Then there are rare souls who reach a point where their name alone carries weight across generations. Sonny was one of those men. Even folks who did not know every album still […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t know if you have ever heard of Candace Owens, but those in the know will tell you she is no friend of most of the people you know if you are African American. We have enough people out there who look like us, but choose to work against our interest in any way they can. When they were born into the same race as we are, many […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Dream big, but don’t let your dreams linger too long, young black men and women, because your sacrifices will have a greater impact on your race than your dreams alone. This belief came to the forefront when the NAACP recently urged black student-athletes to boycott major southern PWI institutions in the following states: Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Georgia. Historically, Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) nationwide […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A lot of brothers my age remember when a Spike Lee movie actually felt like something important was about to happen. You did not just walk into the theater looking for explosions or mindless entertainment. Nah, you knew Spike was bringing conversation with him. Folks were going to laugh, argue, get uncomfortable, maybe even leave irritated, but one thing was guaranteed. People were going to talk afterward. That is […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The sight is so commonplace on Los Angeles streets that it no longer rates more than a passing glance. That is a homeless man or woman sleeping on a sidewalk. What’s even more commonplace is that people casually walk by or more likely around them without more than a causal glance. I watched that happen again recently with a homeless man sprawled on the concrete at a bus stop […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) For many brothers growing up through the late eighties and nineties, Denzel Washington felt familiar long before most of us ever saw him in person. He carries himself like somebody you might hear speaking wisdom at a cookout, sitting on a porch late in the evening, or giving game during a quiet ride home. That connection matters. A lot of brothers spent years trying to figure life out while […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump and an entourage of prominent business titans visited China last week from May 13-15.  Of course, Trump touted the trip as an extremely successful event, claiming great progress was made establishing greater partnerships between the US and China. But did that really happen, is Trump telling the truth and what if anything come out of his visit to China? What we know is true is Donald Trump,  […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) For months now, Democrats have been arguing about whether to release the “autopsy” the National Committee commissioned on what went wrong in 2024. The report was completed but then not released; under pressure, Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin released the report this week, but only with the caveat that it didn’t meet the Committee’s standards, whatever that means. In truth, the report finds plenty of blame. That’s the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A quiet kind of exhaustion has settled inside countless Black men across America. You can spot it in tired eyes during long grocery lines, inside forced laughter at family cookouts, or within silence during late night drives home after another draining shift. Plenty of folks assume toughness means somebody feels nothing, yet many brothers carry emotional weight heavy enough to crush concrete. They keep moving anyway because survival taught […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) This is the Trump era, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabashed corruption. I don’t usually write about the same topic twice in a row, but the latest revelations of Trump’s wanton, shameless profiteering from the White House cannot go unremarked. The term “drain the swamp” will go down in history as a bitter irony. The latest outrage against the public — and […]