by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2016 | History
Have you ever heard of Emilia Lanier? Well, Emilia is believed by some to actually be the author of all of Shakespeare’s works! Emilia was a very important woman for many reasons. First off she was said to be of dark complexion, she was of Venetian / Moroccan /...
by Forest Parks | Jan 29, 2016 | Culture
Imagine, you have a career ahead of you. You have a very large contract with a guaranteed income that will see you through all your later years, leaving you very comfortable. Life can’t really be much better. THEN, you throw it all in, of course you are left...
by Forest Parks | Jan 29, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Stacey Dash went onto Fox And Friends and caused a bit of a backlash when talking about the #Oscarssowhite hashtag. She made the suggestion that the BET Awards and Black History Month should be cancelled! Of course this would cause a backlash and of course if you make...
by Forest Parks | Jan 29, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
This story is so awesome! Basically a group of volunteers and organisations made a gourmet op-up kitchen and fed awesome food in a homeless area. @blkcelebgiving hosted the first of what I know will be many #SundaySoulATL pop-up restaurants aka the #SoulKitchen! We...
![“Too Many White ‘Saviours’” In African Stories Says Actor David Oyelowo [VIDEO]](https://urbanintellectuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/whitesaviours.jpg)
by Forest Parks | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog
David Oyelowo gave us an astonishing Dr. King in Selma and the renowned British Nigerian actor recently sat down with metro.co.uk to talk about diversity in film. One part of the interview he says ‘But also you know I’m Nigerian, I’m from Africa, my parents are from...
by Forest Parks | Jan 28, 2016 | Culture, News, Politics News
So, Target Corporation is marking money off of the name and image of Rosa Parks and their right to do so has been upheld by a court. This seems like utter bullcrap! Of course, like most stories it’s a little more complex. Ideally this shouldn’t be...
![ONLY Black People Killed By Police In 14 Cities Across USA in 2015! [VIDEO]](https://urbanintellectuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/black14cities.png)
by Forest Parks | Jan 28, 2016 | News
This is awful and it’s clearly a huge issue. An independent report found that across 14 USA cities in 2015 ONLY black people were killed by Police! Watch the video (and see the transcript) below to find out more… TRANSCRIPT Transcript sourced from...
by Forest Parks | Jan 27, 2016 | Celebrities
Let’s face it, Jaden Smith is certainly a character. The eccentric son of superstar Will Smith grew up priviledged and unleashed. This is clear as he flirts with pretty much every boundary he can, when he is not proclaiming grand philosophies (often to hilarious...
by Forest Parks | Jan 27, 2016 | Celebrities, News
The Game isn’t playing and has stepped up to show his support for the people of Flint with a huge donation from his pocket and even more The Rapper took to Instagram and wrote: #WATERFORFLINT PROOF !!! So, I’m on tour & not in the US as I’d like...
by Forest Parks | Jan 27, 2016 | News
Unarmed Chicago Teen Quintonio LeGrier went from asking for police assistance to being shot 6 times by police. They also shot and killed his neigbour! Police responded to a call from LeGrier’s father then claimed the teen came at them with a baseball bat,...
