APOOO wants to know how many of these men of R&B are on your favorite performers list? http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24988449/displaymode/1107/s/2/ Prince John Legend BabyFace (Kenneth Edmond) Chris Brown Mario Michael Jackson Musiq Soulchild Ne-Yo R. Kelly Robin Thicke Usher
APOOO celebrates Black Music Month by dedicating all MenInBlack spotlights to Black Music this week. Since June is also All Things Men’s Month, I thought it would be great to feature all week long songs that include Father, Papa, Daddy, or any other term of endearment for a father in the title. As I was surfing the ‘net, trying [...]
YOUR EXCELLENCE Could words describe what you represent the fact that you were heaven sent. Do my eyes behold all that you are they could not possibly, not by far! If you were to ascend into heaven above might it still be possible to feel your love? What makes you so mighty, so great in [...]
“Sometimes we get so caught up in looking for the big example, we lose sight of the people who in their daily lives stand up for whatever they believe.” –BlackMenThinking.net I’m a net surfer. I spend a lot of time online answering/writing emails, doing research, investigating stuff, verifying information. As I was carousing the ‘net [...]
He was only 58, but death is the great equalizer. It doesn’t discriminate. I was shocked and could not believe that I heard correctly, Tim Russert, one of my favorite political analysis and news commentators had died. Dead at age 58, from a heart attack. At only eight years older than me, I consider his [...]
Barbershops Provide Health Outreach Venue Health advocates nationwide are using barbershops as a place to reach out to black men and raise their awareness of serious medical conditions prevalent among the African American community. What a novel idea for reaching black men concerning their health–take the message to where men congregate. Check out the PSA [...]
Dr. Thomas W. Georges, Jr., 1967-1970 Dr. John Finton Speller, 1971-1975 Dr. Allan Noonan, 1991-1995 Dr. Calvin B. Johnson, 2003- Present Besides being men of color, residents of Pennsylvania (PA), the only 4 of 24, responsible for ‘better lives since 1905,’ physicians-who have made remarkable accomplishments in their own rights–what else do these men have [...]
Did you know that this week is Men’s Health Week? National Men’s Health Week is an initiative designed to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and to encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. The observance is June 9 – 15, leading up to and including Father’s Day. It [...]
He gave us Let’s Get Crazy. He gave us Purple Rain. He gave us When Doves Cry. He gave us Kiss. He gave us 1999. He gave us the Time. He gave us a new voice to music. He is best known as the funky star who recorded 1999 and changed his name to a symbol [...]
Ta-Nehisi Coates introduces readers to a new and intriguing coming-of-age story, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and An Unlikely Road to Manhood that takes place in Baltimore during the height of the Hip-Hop and Drug era. Paul Coates was a Vietnam Veteran who returned to the chaotic streets of Baltimore and became a [...]
