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 Koba | Jan 2, 2017 | Africa
For over 20 years, Nigerian people have died due to oil spills in Nigeria. Yet no one is held accountable for it. Michael Vick goes to jail because some damn dogs were fighting and died (insert sarcasm). So let me get this straight, Shell Oil Company is taking oil...
by Koba | Jan 2, 2017 | Culture, Religion
The concept of God is one that can only be defined by a person’s perspective. Everyone has their own experience with “God”. However, you can not ignore factual information when it comes to the ALL SEEING BEING known as God. Before you get your...
by Forest Parks | Jan 2, 2017 | Celebrities, News
Colin Kaepernick’s decision to stand against racial injustice was a really brave move. He knew he would cause an absolute fire storm up and down the country but none the less he put his self to the back burner and stood up for what he felt mattered. And, it seems the...
by Forest Parks | Jan 2, 2017 | Opinion
Dr. Umar Johnson has caused quite a stir recently with his tacky and childish attack against General Seti. The rant involved far too much use of the n-word, it attacked light skin and albino members of the community. As one young Albino man said, he made himself look...
by Forest Parks | Jan 2, 2017 | News
In Miami three officers have been reprotedly fired by the city manager after it emrged they used a group chat to joke about using Miami’s primarily black neighborhoods for target practice. Kevin Bergnes, Miguel Valdes and Bruce Alcin all lost their jobs before...
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 Randall Barnes | Dec 31, 2016 | A List Categories, Celebrities, Culture, Greatest Hits, HBCU Pulse, News, Positivity
Vote for Miss FVSU to be one of the ten HBCU Campus Queens at this link: http://bit.ly/2gDKQxF For the past week, the social media world has been abuzz about the mysterious appearance of HBCU Georgia Agricultural & Mechanical University. Recently, a whole...
by Forest Parks | Dec 31, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Dr. Umar Johnson went a bit nuts recently over his beef with Sara Suten Seti. For many it’s been a huge dissapointment, he stooped low many think and some of his comments were very offensive to many who had previously been holding him in high regard and big...
by Forest Parks | Dec 31, 2016 | News
Just before Christmas a white family in Denton, Texas, found a lot of sympathy after an attack on their truck that appeared to be racially motivated. Their truck was burnt out in their drive with the words “N****r Lovers” scrawled on it. A family friend...
