by gamma | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog, Business
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by A.C. Jemison | Jun 23, 2017 | A List Categories, Blog, Celebrities, News, Opinion
Watching what could be the demise of “America’s favorite TV dad” has been all but easy for the public to process. Likewise, the Cosby case is a tragedy for all involved regardless of its final disposition. But just when I thought worse news...
by Candace | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
Let’s just be frank, most of us black folks are excited about finally having a black superhero and a predominately black cast in the movie Black Panther. I mean how often do we get to be the good guy in the movie? The melanin dripping from this movie is great. So the...
by A.C. Jemison | May 31, 2017 | Blog, Celebrities, Info, News, Opinion, Politics News, Thought Talk Speculation
Apart of the newest school of Hip Hop, Florida’s own Kodak Black has dropped one of the most conscious videos released this year. His biggest hit to date, Tunnel Vision, may seem like any other mainstream single. 808s, catchy hook, easy-to-follow verses. Kodak...
by Candace | May 23, 2017 | Info
Today Richard Colllins III, 23, was supposed to graduate from Bowie State University but instead his life was taken by a racist. His family took time to celebrate his loss. Students, family, and faculty gathered at Bowie State University to talk about how great...
by A.C. Jemison | May 23, 2017 | Blog, Info, News, Politics News
Judge Sheila Abdul-Salaam’s alleged suicide dominated the headlines a few weeks ago following the discovery of her body on the bank of New York’s Hudson River. Speculation as to whether her death was indeed a suicide emerged as officers further...
by A.C. Jemison | May 18, 2017 | A List Categories, Black Artists, Blog, Culture, Info, Modern History, News
We knew that following the success of the box office hit, Get Out, we’d see more from comedian-turned-director Jordan Peele. Carving an entirely new path in filmmaking adjoining art and social awareness, he’s back to produce a series called...
by A.C. Jemison | Mar 24, 2017 | A List Categories, Africa, Black Inventors, Black Pride, Blog, Culture, Info, News
Avid readers of Urban Intellectuals may remember our first article about Manuel Godoy’s innovative video game demo, released last summer, entitled Black Sands: Legends of Kemet. The game would be the first of its kind, setting the record straight for a history...
by Randall Barnes | Mar 5, 2017 | A List Categories, Black Pride, Blog, HBCU Pulse
As media outlets, we must understand the power that we wield. Social media allows us to have a voice and a platform to showcase voices that would usually be ignored. HBCU’s, especially those that aren’t a part of the Black College Ivy League squad (Morehouse, Spelman,...
by Krystal | Feb 12, 2017 | Blog, Did You Know, DYK, History
The FBI began COINTELPRO—short for Counterintelligence Program—in 1956 to disrupt the activities of the Communist Party of the United States. In the 1960s, it was expanded to include a number of other domestic groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Socialist Workers...
