by Forest Parks | Jan 3, 2017 | Black Inventors, Blog, Did You Know
Crum was not the original surname of George, a talented chef and restauranteur. However he adopted the name not because of his idea for the potato chip but because it was the name his father used in his career as a jockey! Crum was born as George Speck in 1822 in...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 1, 2017 | Black Inventors
Happy new year to all of you wonderful readers of Urban Intellectuals. We truly appreciate you more than you know. It is our pleasure to serve you positive Black news, insight, history and cultural information. As a new feature during 2017, we have decided to do...
by Forest Parks | Dec 28, 2016 | History, News
At the turn of the 20th century Germany committed a Genocide that has been more or less forgotten. They killed 10s of 1000s of men, women and children in what is now Namibia. They starved, were shot or tortured to death by German troops who were showing the...
by Forest Parks | Dec 26, 2016 | Did You Know, History
In the 1930s there were around 300 “race” movies produced. These movies were in direct opposition to the Hollywood mainstream movies from the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Clara Bow. These silent movies were black produced and black acted! They were made...
by Forest Parks | Dec 21, 2016 | History
A white man’s slaves were for many his most prized possessions. These “objects” were valuable and valuable items need to be insured! Slow sales led New York Life, the countrys’ third largest life insurance company, to look south and in in 1846...
by Forest Parks | Dec 19, 2016 | History
Haiti was such a strong nation, the first free black state in the America’s…. If France hadn’t punished and pushed their vile repression towards the nation who knows where they would be now. A thriving cultural centre, a role model for other nations...
by Forest Parks | Dec 19, 2016 | History
Hero worship is something we all have to be careful of. The legacy of Ghandi has been carefully constructed and his conversion from everyday hero to god status has been one that’s lost much of the reality from the life of the man. Ghandi was a man who made a...
by Forest Parks | Dec 15, 2016 | History
Whenever you see a nativity setup it’s always kinda annoying to see these white people gathered around a little white baby…. This apparently happened in Bethlehem, in Asia! But for all the whitening over the years one thing has stood, the token black dude!...
by Koba | Dec 14, 2016 | History
Many have often wondered if the Nation of Islam was a real pillar of the community. Hell, I’ve often wondered my truth. The Nation of Islam has received criticism throughout the years, especially after Malcolm X was assassinated. But without making assumptions,...
by Forest Parks | Dec 13, 2016 | History
Black dance styles are evident in every single modern dance style. Even those considered classic (such as ballet) have implemented modern black influenced styles in subtle ways and obvious, such as Hiplet (HipHop-Ballet). Black dance styles that originated in Africa...
