by Forest Parks | Jul 20, 2016 | Africa, Culture, Opinion
Police violence, systematic racism, Trump, the far right, the breakdown of Europe! Marcus Garvey started popularised and pushed the Back-To-Africa movement and although not every word he uttered is 100% relevant today the roots of the movement are solid. Africa itself...
by Forest Parks | Jul 19, 2016 | Culture
We just had to share this! Sony U put up an AMAZING performance of Chloe and Halle Bailey singing the National Anthem for Independence day. Beautifully done girls! Watch it below. Sony Music U celebrating Independence Day with Chloe and Halle Bailey at Los Angeles...
by Forest Parks | Jul 18, 2016 | Culture
There are so many stories to hear, so much inspiration, so many sadnesses and struggles. For many women, poverty, safety and racism causes a lot of struggle. The book Ghetto Mothers was written to show that women on the edge can make it out but doesn’t hide the...
by Forest Parks | Jul 15, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
Do you remember the story of Sihle the drummer from South Africa? He became a social media sensation after a video (below) emerged showing him lighting up his home made drum set, one he put together from coffee tins, buckets and other scrap items. He fast became a...
by Mo Gamble | Jul 15, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, HBCU Pulse, History
TV talk show host, Wendy Williams set off a fire storm of controversy and outrage on social media when she questioned the creation and need for HBCU’s and the NAACP in response to actor and activist, Jesse Williams, humanitarian award speech at the BET AWARDS...
by Forest Parks | Jul 14, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade have taken a stand, made a point and a call to all athletes. They appeared together at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles for the opening moments of Wednesday night’s ESPYS broadcast. Their call is for...
by Forest Parks | Jul 14, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
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by Anthony Thomas | Jul 12, 2016 | Culture
By Avis Thomas-Lester, Urban News Service It took Timothy Martin just eight years to go from gas-station chef to soul-food restaurant mogul. Growing up in Norfolk, Va., Martin and his 10 siblings eagerly anticipated the dinners their father, Ernest, prepared. “He’d...
by Anthony Thomas | Jul 11, 2016 | Culture, History, Modern History
This past weekend, the founder of Urban Intellectuals was in New York for an event. This gave UI an opportunity to put a live camera on Seneca Village, at least the location in Central Park. He did a live feed. This land was stolen from land owners in 1855 via the...
by Forest Parks | Jul 6, 2016 | Culture, News
So I just learned the 500 black people just graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. That’s a hell of a lot of people and you have to why this isn’t in the mainstream media! This photo below came from Kings And Queens Awake on...
