RESPECT: The Youngest Ever Self Made Millionaire At 14! How Did This Inner City Kid Do It?
I don't know how many times it has to be said but hard work pays. Dr. Farrah Gray is testament to that. At 14 he became history's youngest self made millionaire. And beat the odds, growing up in the impoverished South Side of Chicago. He was the youngest person to...
Michelle Obama Reveals Her Proudest Achievement As First Lady Of The United States
There's no denying the fact that Michelle Obama has accomplished a lot during her stint as first lady of the United States. For nearly eight years, Michelle stood by her husband Barack and dutifully performed her duties. For her efforts, she will go down in history as...
Beyonce’s Fans Contribute Over $80,000 in Funds for Flint Water Crisis Relief
Beyonce's Fans Contribute Funds for Flint Water Crisis Relief. written by: joysmith Beyonce often referred to as Queen Bey is making great moves this year. The influential artist has not only released her successful Lemonade album, but she has also contributed towards...
RESPECT: Creating Urban Paradise As Detroit Crumbles Around Her
Highland Park, a small part of Detroit, is crumbling. The school has closed down, the street lights have been removed, it's quickly becoming comepletely abandoned. However, one woman is putting up a fight and has plans for Highland Park to flourish again, to become an...
Is This The Most POSITIVE Black Wedding Photo Ever?
There are moments when small gestures make big waves and an innocent wedding photo from 27 year-old Nakyia Whitty of Houston, Texas, may have just done that. Nakyia married her boyfriend of Javonte Davis in a awesome beach wedding. They had been seeing each others for...
Ivorian Entrepreneur Plans To Take Starbucks Out of Business
While Africa has unanimously been pegged the new frontier, with foreigners from various parts of the world looking to see how they can cash in, they better keep their sights on African entrepreneurs, such as 27-year-old Fabienne Dervain (pictured), who is looking to...
7th Straight Year: 100% of Chicago Urban Prep Students Are Accepted to a Four-Year College or University
Great news means different things to different people with different circumstances. However, for Chicago Urban Preparatory School, great news is when every urban Preparatory graduate is accepted into a four-year college or university. Surprisingly, this is not the...
No Charges Filed In Death of Teen Found Rolled In A Wrestling Mat
In 2013 the death of Kendrick Johnson was reported widely This sad loss was made worse by the fact that his body was found inside a rolled-up wrestling mat at his Georgia high school. Of course people wanted to know who killed him but the death was a mystery. Now, I...
Man Starts A Black Air BnB Rather Than Complaining About His Discrimation
You've heard variations of the story I am sure. Black person tries to book on air b'n'b, booking mysteriously gets cancelled. Fact is, this happens A LOT! And of course it's pure racism in many cases. Look up the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack on Twitter to find countless...
More Babies Are Given African American Sounding Names (Find Out Why It’s Called The Obama Effect)
African American names are becoming more and more common according to a study written by two Texas A&M University professors and published in "Ethnic and Racial Studies.". And apparently this rise has happened since Obama gained top spot in the White House. An excerpt...
This Teen Got Her Art In The Met And It’s Beautiful (See It Here!)…
Can you imagine, you are a teen artist and a painting of yours ends up in the Met! It must be a dream come true for 18-year-old Cliffannie Forrester, from Brooklyn. So, Cliffannie went to Uganda a few years back and was recently looking through photos. Her teacher at...
Spelman Grad & Her Travel Agency Won the SBA’s 2016 Minority Business of the Year
A graduate of the Spelman College is becoming highly popular in the international traveling industry. Elizabeth Blount McCormick, a Spelman College graduate, co-owner and president of UNIGLOBE Travel agency has been selected and awarded the United States Small...
2016 Miss USA Is the Bold, Black & Beautiful Deshauna Barber
The 2016 Miss USA Deshauna Barber is a twenty-six-year-old military officer. Deshauna held from the District of Columbia was honorably crowned in a moment of glory and surprise as the new Miss USA based on the great answer she gave when asked about women role in...
Johnson Publishing Sells Jet and Ebony To Another Black Owned Firm
Johnson Publishing announced on Tuesday that it has sold Jet.com and Ebony.com to Clear View Group. The publishing company did not disclose the sale price of the brands to the African-American firm based in Austin, Texas. The deal was aimed at reducing the debt of...
How the First African-American Rolls Royce Dealer Strived to Make His Way Up in the Auto Business
Taking the risk Dropping out of a doctoral program with just a few credits and dissertation to go is no easy feat. Well, this was the case to Thomas A. Moorehead whose desire to start his own business made him abandon his Ph. D dream. He received an offer to learn the...
CLINTON EXPOSED: Leaked Emails Show DNC Pushed Media To Help Nominate Hilary
The Democratic National Convention ha repeatedly denied it favored Hilary Clinton for the democratic nomination. However leaked emails are showing that that's total BS and they have been colluding with media and setting up plans to get Clinton the position for at...
Trump Says The Country Will Have To Think About Profiling
I'm not sure I can take anymore of this man and his absolute bullsh*t. In a country where certain groups (yes, especially African Americans!) ALREADY deal with the negative effects of racial profiling Donald Trump is calling to potentially make matters worse by...
Orisha’s Journey, A Beautiful Ghanaian Journey
Orisha’s Journey sees a young Ghanaian girl dismiss a legend of her grandfather's about tress that still walk but then finds herself in the middle of a magical adventure with friends and enemies along the way! The story and animation from New York City-based...
Happy Fathers Day Amazing Dads Of Urban Intellectuals!
Yesterday we posted and asked for some pics of Daddy and kids. Well, a bunch of you all stepped up and we wanted to celebrate you all! So here are the amazing Dads, with their little helpers, who posted for us! Names of the posters are with each image, thanks! You are...
5 African Superfoods YOUR Body Needs NOW!
Africa is the motherland and it's lands have been providing all that a man and woman need since the birth of humanity. Much of the fine and delicious cuisine is obscure in modern day America but if you are not putting your hungry eyes towards Africa you are seriously...
