by gamma | Dec 3, 2019 | News, Positivity
11-Year-Old Charlotte Nebres is making her ancestors proud and making History as she is staring as Marie, the young heroine of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at New York City Ballet. It opened on Friday and she is now officially the first Black lead of this ballet...
by gamma | Nov 25, 2019 | News
This intruder “picked the wrong house to break into” after he got beat up by the Rochester, NY, occupant, Willie Murphy, an 82-year-old woman Body Builder. This amazing lady is an inspiration, not that we condone violence but DAMN! She beat him with a table, a broom...
by gamma | Nov 21, 2019 | Africa, News
Rwanda has taken a step further in cementing itself into a regional tech hub and strengthening Africa’s stake in the global economy by launching the first every smartphone completely manufactured in Africa. The phone, by Rwanda’s Mara Group, was announced by...
by Freddie Ra | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion, Video
Here are a few quick lessons I learned from traveling to London last week. You will be very interested to hear my perspective AND I wanna hear your thoughts? So, do you agree? PS. Make sure you enter our contest at UrbanIntellectuals.com/contest for a chance to win...
by gamma | Oct 12, 2019 | News
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in under two hours today in Vienna. He ran the 26.2-mile distance in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds. Just let that soak in, let that soak in that he ran 4:34 minutes per mile for the whole race! WOW! Unfortunately, this will not...
by gamma | Oct 11, 2019 | News
We’ve covered the story of how an enslaved man, Nathan ‘Nearest’ Green, actually taught Jack Daniels how to make bourbon. He has been recognized in very small moves as the godfather of Tenessee Whiskey but it is still not mainstream knowledge....
by gamma | Oct 9, 2019 | History
The British education system conveniently leaves out a lot of its cruelest history and in my personal experience shys away from including any positiv influence from Black people before the 60s. But for many reasons the cold isles of Britain have had Black people...
by gamma | Oct 3, 2019 | News, Positivity
It’s big news when a record set by none other than Usain Bolt is broken, especially when it is done so by a woman who gave birth less than a year ago! Of course, it wasn’t his 100m record but this is a HUGE feat none the less and oozes #BlackGirlMagic!...
by Verlie S | Oct 3, 2019 | History
Dred Scott was born enslaved in 1799 in Southampton County, Virginia. His owner, Peter Blow, moved with his family, Scott and other enslaved people to Alabama, then St. Louis, Missouri and later sold Scott to Dr. John Emerson. Dr. Emerson moved frequently and took...
by Verlie S | Oct 2, 2019 | History
Slavery in the United States was characterized by the grave mistreatment of African Americans. However, the first half of the 19th century came with an awakening where many people in northern states began opposing slavery aka abolitionists. These societies went...
