Aging While Black and Historic: Elders As Disenfranchised Libraries
Disenfranchised "They say when an elder dies, a whole library burns to the ground." *** As a child, I learned that for myself. But I was an 'old kindred spirit' of a little girl who loved sitting around the knees listening to the old folks' run their traps about...
Did You Know that “Negro History Week” was the Root of “Black History Month”?
The month of February is considered “Black History Month” across the United States. But it had a much earlier predecessor called “Negro History Week”. This recognition was the brainchild of an African-American historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He is considered by...
The Very Narrow Radical Divide Between Evangelicalism and Racism
I must admit, I had a dark moment when President Obama was in office, and that is when he went well and far beyond the scope of what many refer to as "Christianity" in endorsing gay marriage. They lit the White House up in rainbow colors and dubbed him "The First Gay...
Racism occurs because Whites feel inferior to Blacks – Frances Cress Welsing (A profile of her life).
Frances Cress Welsing is an American Afrocentrist psychiatrist who became known for her 1970 essay The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism, which became the beginning of the Isis Papers. Born on March 18, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, her father, Henry, was a...
Looking back and forward 400 years for Black History Month
Good morning, Today is the beginning of Black History Month, of course, we shouldn’t need it, but we have it so let’s make the best of it. Not just this month, but this year, 2019, is important because it marks 400 years from the start of the Western “Slave Trade”....
The Thief Cometh Not …
Since the early 1500s, more to the point, the mid-1500s (around 1564), Africans kidnapped and sold off to America have faced one never-ending trial and horrific tribulation after another. This is of no credit to the enemy(ies) of our souls, but to their shame; and to...
Death & The BET Awards
A UI article written by news reporter Randall Barnes on June 22, 2017 spoke of the deaths of some of our most magnificent and notable icons in the music industry and how they were honored at the BET Awards for that year or the following. He stated and I repeat ......
UI Says “Goodnight and Godspeed” to Magnificent R&B Song Stylist James Ingram
For those Millennials too young to remember, ask your grandmothers. The world and Urban Intellectuals mourns James Ingram, now in concert, as Debbie Allen said of him "In the Celestial Choir". You will likely hear a lot about him in the days to come. More than we can...
Drop those Zeroes – Get Yourself A Hero
MY HOW ... The. Chickens. Home. Roost. #draintheswamp So MUCH winning: The REAL Heroes Have ZERO Crimes...
Genesis 9: How The Scriptures Once Used Against Black People Reinforce The Godly Black Presence in the World
Genesis 9 New International Version (NIV) God’s Covenant With Noah Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in...
Vacant Lots in Detroit Are Being Reclaimed By Black Beekeepers!
This story is amazing and one that should inspire each and every one of us to do something in our local community! Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey are making use of vacant lots in the city and decided that they would be perfect not only for raising...
White Man’s Burden: “The Obama Impact” Trumps White Male Superiority
They have a mess on their hands right now, that much is established. For centuries, white men like Donald Trump have spread themselves very thin over the entire transom of modern history as the biggest baddest banditos and yet "saviors" of all humanity that the world...
WORD: Jay-Z and Meek Mill announce $50 million criminal justice reform organization and Van Jones is heading it!
It is not exactly a secret that there needs to be criminal justice reform and literally 100s of grassroots organizations work on this needed interest! So, a few big names throwing their hats in the ring (and money too) is a GREATLY welcomed thing, especially when the...
Do you know this Civil Rights heroine! She took 50 foster children into her home, was close to Dr. King and so much more!
The granddaughter of enslaved people, Louise Shropshire was born Louise Jarrett on February 15, 1913 in Coffee County, Alabama. In 1917, her family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio in search of a better life than they had experienced as rural Alabama sharecroppers. As a...
The War Against Ourselves
The War Against Ourselves by LaTasha “Tacha B.” Braxton I was raised by a mother who could never love me, because she didn’t know how. Her definition of the word was flawed by the pain and heartache created from the two people who were supposed to love her the most....
{VIDEO} Policeman Disarms Knife Wielding Man With A Sympathy and a Hug
As MANY knife-wielding people are, this man was clearly distressed. The police officer used his training to realize this was a man who was going to need help. Rather than grabbing his gun, he calmed the man down, showing understanding and empathy until the man handed...
Urban Intellectuals: Black Consciousness is ‘Taking Over’ Christianity
Every decade of a 40-year generation that goes by carries its own peculiar nuances. In this hour, we are rewitnessing a resurgence of the "Black Conscious" movement a'la "Marcus Garvey." And as it was done in the past, some very not-knowledgeable 'black' people are...
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: Rwanda bans skin bleaching products from shops countrywide BUT there are fears {VIDEO}
Skin-whitening creams are being removed from shelves in Rwanda as the government enforces a ban on the products and on the surface personally, I think this is an excellent move and an important one to assert that NO ONE should be ashamed of how dark they are. This is...
YES!! Eddie Murphy Returning for Coming To America 2, Penned by ‘Black-ish’ Creator
Coming to America may well be the most beloved movie in the Black American community and FINALLY, there is confirmation that the long-awaited sequel is coming! Eddie will be back, as we all John Amos, James Earl Jones and most of the original cast! And to make things...
There was no underground railroad, so why was it named that?
By 1850 it is estimated that around 100,000 enslaved people's had made their way to freedom using the underground railroad. But what was it? It certainly wasn't a metro line running through the states to Canada, in fact, it didn't even make that much use of trains at...
