{My Four Sons} Love, Respect and Nestle Snipes

By DERRICK BARNES Depending on the day of the week, the situation, or the reading on the crack me up! meter, I have a legendary...

– May 2, 2011

Little Girl Loved: A Letter For the Cleveland, Texas Child From a Black Father Who Cares

By NICK CHILES Baby girl, I have some things that I need to say to you. It breaks my heart that these words are even...

– Mar 18, 2011

Speak Up! Two Black Fathers Talk Love, Marriage & Manhood

Two of my favorite African American dad bloggers are lifting the voices of black fathers with new projects meant to show the hearts of men....

– Feb 13, 2011

Introducing Big Black Daddy

By Derrick Barnes When I told a friend of mine about the title of my new MyBrownBaby column, she said it gave her images of...

– Feb 3, 2011

{MyBrownBaby Redux} Yeah I Ate the Snickerdoodles. And?

[Editor’s Note: I was tooling around the MyBrownBaby treasure chest when I came across this post, written by the hubs two years ago. It STILL...

– Jan 18, 2011

A Tribute to Two Classics: Sonny Rollins and My Dad

Sonny Rollins By NICK CHILES Recently I had the precious opportunity to pay tribute to two old black men, both fabulous in their own special...

– Sep 23, 2010

{Digging In the MBB Crates} For My (Pro Union) Mom and Dad On Labor Day

For working hard And toiling long hours In hot factories On sore feet With tired hands But peaceful hearts For not enough pay And a...

– Sep 6, 2010

Daddy’s Hands

His hands tell the story—those thick fingers and wrinkles and scars, and especially the calluses, speak to me. Remind. Of just how remarkable my Daddy...

– Jun 18, 2010

Daddy's Dream Come True And Mine, Too

His mother died when he was just 10 years old and with her went my dad's dream of a solid education. See, my grandfather needed...

– May 24, 2010

{Digging In the MBB Crates} Faith In Our Fathers

Editor’s Note: I noticed yesterday that I’m just a few posts away from having written or edited 400 stories for MyBrownBaby, and that got me...

– May 5, 2010
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