When You Fly To Rwanda Your Luggage is Not Checked For Drugs, BUT THIS!… Watch Here…
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 industrial and...
A Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich, Increased the Minimum Wage Created One Of The Best State Economies An Debunked Trickle Down Economics!
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 an...
Akon Believes Trump Is Probably The Most Courageous President To Ever Hit The Office BUT…
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 targets! Akon...
Beyonce and Jay Z Expecting Twins!
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. We are...
Will BET’s “The Quad” Be As Impactful As “A Different World”?
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...
PLEASE HELP: NAACP, Bring Charges Against Carolyn Donham For Her Part In The Death Of Emmett Till!!!
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...
WOAH: This Kid Is Too Good! Watch And Be Amazed At Those Crazy Legs!
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
WATCH: Power Tripping Cop Pushes EMS Worker Against Car As Crowd Shouts “He Is Just Doing His Job”
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 don't know the full...
The Army Corps of Engineers Have Been Directed To Clear The Way For The Dakota Access Pipeline
The Acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer has apparently directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with clearing the way for the Dakota Access Pipeline to be finished according to Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota, who released a statement on Tuesday....
Artist Sends Black Rosie Image To New Yorker On A Whim And Now It’s Their Feb. Cover!
This is quite the whirlwind for artist Abigail Gray Swartz. She sent an image on a whim to the New Yorker and hours later they asked for revisions and then approved it for their Feb. cover image! The image was based on WWII icon Rosie the Riveter but features a woman...
CONGRATS: Pharrell And Wife Helen Welcome Triplets
Pharrell Williams and his wife Helen Lasichanh have welcomed triplets into the world! buy cymbalta online https://www.bridgebiotechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/cymbalta.html no prescription pharmacy A rep for Pharrell talked to Vanity Fair conforming that...
WATCH: Amazing Gymnastic Hip-Hop Routine Tagged #BlackGirlMagic And Some White Fans Lose Their Sh*t!
University of Alabama gymnast Aja Sims’ hip hop-inspired floor routine absolutely killed and pretty much everyone agreed, the judges threw a 9.9 near perfect score at it. The routine was posted up on facebook and tagged #BlackGirlMagaic, however many non-Black fans...
Bruno Mars Says Black People Created ALL American Music!
“When you say ‘black music,’ understand that you are talking about rock, jazz, R&B, reggae, funk, doo-wop, hip-hop, and Motown. Black people created it all. Being Puerto Rican, even salsa music stems back to the Motherland. So, in my world, black music means...
5 Years After His Death Trayvon Martin’s Parents Look Back And Consider Going Into Politics
5 years after the tragic death of teen Trayvon Martin his parents are remembering the life of their child, their best friend and sweet child. Building a portrait of a sweet boy who loved to help his father and best friend go out to feed the homeless and to snuggle up...
DYK Hannibal Was Black?
Hannibal Barca is often described as the greatest military general in history, the enemy of Rome and the one that out thought what was the straongest army of their day. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin, when the Roman Republic...
BHM: Google Doodle Honors Edmonia Lewis, Native and African-American Sculptor (1844-1907)
Black History Month #BlackHistoryMatters “I have a strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered.” —Edmonia Lewis *** According to Biography.com, Mary Edmonia Lewis was born around 1844 in Greenbush, New York. Hailed as the first professional...
Those Who Do Not Remember The Past: Black America, Are You Willing to Allow Money, MS to Kill Emmett Till’s Legacy Like the KKK Killed Till?
MONEY, MISS. — Deep in the Mississippi Delta, some poor agricultural towns are separated by a large stretch of corn and cotton. Yes, this was it, this is the place ... now covered in thick weeds and ivy is Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market, where a 14-year old Black...
How Blacks Playing “Kumbaya Footsies” With Trump Supporters Sets Them Up for the Next Geopolitical Hit Man
A white Trump supporter who hands a Black waitress a $450 tip and tells her, in his own way that "WE have to learn how to be one and become 'just Americans'" has more on his mind than just being a blessing to that Black waitress. He who was incapable of being "one...
T.I.’s Letter to President Obama Outweighs the Graven Image of the Stench Now in the Oval Office
Since UI is a Hip-Hop Generation initiative, we thought we might share this letter with our readers that was shared with us by those closest to President Obama... T.I. Pens Heartfelt Open Letter To President Obama January 7, 2017 “You entered humbly into our worlds...
Telling Our Stories Should Be The Norm, Not A Trend, Says Viola Davis
Viola Davis is an amazingly talented lady that is facing three Oscar nominations. She is also black and it seems that very much in reponse to last year's #OscarSoWhite outrage the Academy has brought black actors and Industry workers into the fold for this years...
