“Black on black” crime has made it easy for some mainstream media organizations, many Fox News-loving Republicans and sometimes even members of law enforcement, to look at it as a “them” problem. As long as “they” are killing “themselves”, it’s something Black America needs to figure out. As gang violence continues to escalate in many […]
I’m blessed and honored to have lived in an era when so many great men and women have walked this earth. They are people who have taken risks, and sacrificed everything, sometimes their basic comforts, sometimes their families and sometimes their lives for the greater good. I don’t know what makes one person upset about […]
On Sunday, every sports show took up time to weigh in on the Jonathan Martin/Richie Incognito scandal that has rocked the NFL and is shining a glaring spotlight on the Miami Dolphins locker room, for now. But you can bet, before long, every NFL locker room in the league will be put on blast because […]
I’m not the biggest reader in the world, but I do love reading biographies and autobiographies about successful people. I really use them as tools to help me get better. In fact, every time I’m faced with a transition in my career, I re-read my mentor John H. Johnson’s book, “Succeeding Against the Odds.” But […]
Last weekend people were blowing up my phone and email with the news that Grambling’s football players and members of the marching band had refused to compete in Jackson State University’s homecoming game. If you didn’t hear the story (and how could you have missed it?), only 22 players showed up to board the bus […]
Last week our newest TJMS contributor Don Lemon, announced his new 30 day fitness plan. I know right, it’s always the thin ones. He bragged, I mean announced today, that’s he lost 11 pounds; his goal is 21 pounds in 21 days. Well, I’m actually the master of losing weight. But like most people, I’m […]
My friend and BlackAmericaWeb.com senior political correspondent Michael H. Cottman says it’s time for a black woman to be named president of the NAACP. Not only does he want to see it happen, he’s using Change.Org to petition the 104-year-old civil rights organization. “The Great” Michael Cottman, as he is known by Sybil Wilkes, says […]
I was trying to put this in writing because sometimes there is always the chance that an amendment, addendum or exception to the rule will come up. But basically, when it comes to the NFL teams, I root for the team with the black quarterback, if two black quarterbacks are facing each other, I go […]
I once got a very mean text that said, “Every time Tom Joyner prefaces a sentence with ‘I’m just a d.j.,’ I know something dumb, shallow, ridiculous or racist is about to come out of his mouth.” Well, first of all, words hurt. And second, it probably just means that you don’t agree with my […]
It’s my favorite time of the year. No, not Back to School, not the new TV season, not the end of baseball season nearing, not even the beginning of the NFL season. It’s HBCU Classic time! I’m serious. If you and your family have never experienced an HBCU Classic football game, you owe it to […]
Sybil, J. and a bunch of the TJMS/Reach Media staff went to a screening of the new Lee Daniels’ film, “The Butler.” It stars Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and lots of other supporting characters who you’d recognize portraying Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Reagan. Even though the […]
Rev. Al Sharpton made a call to action when he said we’ve turned Trayvon Martin’s tragic death from a moment into a movement. The question now is, how do we stay motivated enough to do what it takes to change the “Stand Your Ground laws” in this country. There are several answers and here are […]