by Forest Parks | Feb 7, 2019 | 2019, Black History Month
NOTE: Our 74% off and FREE SHIPPING sale ENDS TONIGHT (11th Feb). Grab your offer here >> https://store.urbanintellectuals.com/flashcards-bhm2019_week1/ This is Forest, today I want to share a little about how I came to work with Freddie, the CEO of Urban...
by Forest Parks | Feb 5, 2019 | Black Businesses, Positivity, Video
We are so PUMPED to share this video today. This is the first of 4 videos this Black History month talking to our youth! We have asked a few questions about the future, about the past and their insight is a joy to watch! Gabby, the 10-year-old Entrepreneur who...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2019 | History, Profiles in Black History
Frances Cress Welsing is an American Afrocentrist psychiatrist who became known for her 1970 essay The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism, which became the beginning of the Isis Papers. Born on March 18, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, her father, Henry, was a...
by Forest Parks | Jan 28, 2019 | Positivity
This story is amazing and one that should inspire each and every one of us to do something in our local community! Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey are making use of vacant lots in the city and decided that they would be perfect not only for raising...
by Forest Parks | Jan 25, 2019 | Celebrities, News, Politics News
It is not exactly a secret that there needs to be criminal justice reform and literally 100s of grassroots organizations work on this needed interest! So, a few big names throwing their hats in the ring (and money too) is a GREATLY welcomed thing, especially when the...
by Forest Parks | Jan 25, 2019 | Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
The granddaughter of enslaved people, Louise Shropshire was born Louise Jarrett on February 15, 1913 in Coffee County, Alabama. In 1917, her family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio in search of a better life than they had experienced as rural Alabama sharecroppers. As a...
by Forest Parks | Jan 25, 2019 | Opinion
The War Against Ourselves by LaTasha “Tacha B.” Braxton I was raised by a mother who could never love me, because she didn’t know how. Her definition of the word was flawed by the pain and heartache created from the two people who were supposed to love her the most....
by Forest Parks | Jan 14, 2019 | News
As MANY knife-wielding people are, this man was clearly distressed. The police officer used his training to realize this was a man who was going to need help. Rather than grabbing his gun, he calmed the man down, showing understanding and empathy until the man handed...
by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2019 | Africa, News
Skin-whitening creams are being removed from shelves in Rwanda as the government enforces a ban on the products and on the surface personally, I think this is an excellent move and an important one to assert that NO ONE should be ashamed of how dark they are. This is...
by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2019 | Celebrities, Funny, News
Coming to America may well be the most beloved movie in the Black American community and FINALLY, there is confirmation that the long-awaited sequel is coming! Eddie will be back, as we all John Amos, James Earl Jones and most of the original cast! And to make things...
