by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
The Ku Klux Klan seems to be having somewhat of a modern resurgence, or rather they are stepping back out of the shadows, with the normalisation of White Supremacy in the post-Trump election era. Very much tied to and arguably integrated into the Republican party...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | News
A video has emerged of a man meandering up to the alter and punching the bishop in the face. It’s quite a shocking scene and full details are yet to emerge except that the suspect is a former alter boy! Fox 8 reported: Bishop Manuel Cruz leads prayers on...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | Africa
Post genocide Rwanda has had a struggle to rebuild it’s economy, pull the people back together and cut ties with it’s dark past. In these kinds of circumstances certain things are usually put on the back burner and environment is pushed aside for...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | News, Politics News
The title of this post sounds like some left wing propaganda…. Some dude upped tax, raised minimum wage and created over 100,000 more jobs, funnelled much more cash into education and pushed more of his residents into the higher tax bracket! And this isn’t...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | Celebrities, News, Politics News
Akon spoke to TMZ with some surprising words that in many ways seemed to support President Trump. As a Muslim and an African born man it’s quite surprising regarding Trump’s recent actions, in which Akon also made comments that it could make Americans...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | Celebrities, News
Queen B made a big announcement yesterday and we’ll have to forgive her if she steps back from the limelight to concentrate on other things for a while! She posted to Instagram “We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over....
by Randall Barnes | Feb 1, 2017 | A List Categories, HBCU Pulse
After a year-long wait BET’s highly debated and long anticipated new show about life at fictional HBCU Georgia A & M University will be appearing tonight at 10 PM/9 PM Central on BET! As you already know, Urban Intellectuals has been a staunch supporter of BET’s...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2017 | News, Opinion
The NYT Reported: For six decades, she has been the silent woman linked to one of the most notorious crimes in the nation’s history, the lynching of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, keeping her thoughts and memories to herself as millions of strangers idealized...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2017 | Funny
I don’t have much to say apart from Woah! This little dance routine has me both amazed and smiling from ear to ear! Fun, mind bending and freaking awesome! Watch below! You can see more from this kiddo on his Instagram @Kvng.khii
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2017 | News
An Ohio cop was caught on camera pushing an Emergency Medical Services Worker against his car and storming around with quite the attitude at the scene as the crowd recorded and some were heard shouting “he is just doing his job man”. At present we...
