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Steve Harvey Quietly Cancels the Hoodie Awards and Prepares for a New Venture
When it rains, it pours. No one knows that better than media personality Steve Harvey. Soon after receiving backlash from his fans and foes for having a meeting with president Trump before he was sworn in, Steve has had to cancel his widely popular Hoodie Awards. The...
Untwisting #BLACKLIVESMATTER: Was It Caused by White Supremacy In Order To Awaken Black America?
In the current Black and Conscious Movement, there are many initiatives to compel Black people to separate from mainstream white America, and/or to "go along to get along," and/or to inspire Black people in America (African-Americans, as it were) to care more about...
Motivational Rap Artist Marcus Parker: More Than A Decade of Positive Black Images Across America
Marcus Parker, a motivational rap artist since the 1990s, is now the greatest positive and uplifting icon in the EDUTAINMENT rap game. Urban Intellectuals was initially created to speak to the voices of the urbane hip-hop community, so now is time to talk about why...
George Alcorn Invented the Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
George Alcorn is mostly known for inventing the imaging X-ray spectrometer, however this was one of at least 20 inventions that the talented man produced during his works alongside the likes of Philco-Ford, Perkin-Elmer, IBM and NASA. He is the holder of eight...
Another Armed and Dangerous White Male Taken Down by Police Without Incident (Video)
As admirable as this officer is in the eyes of many Americans you have to imagine how this video makes black Americans feel. How is that we can look at countless situation like this, of white armed and dangerous men being taken into custody without incident. But...
Northwestern PhD Student Tackled and Arrested for Stealing His Own Car is Now Suing (Video)
At Northwestern University, a Ph. buy amoxil online https://orthosummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/amoxil.html no prescription pharmacy D student was wrongfully accused of trying to steal his own car. After a woman called the police and reported that she saw a...
White Pastor Takes His Black Son to See a PG-13 Movie and Is Denied Entry
Reuben Lee was raised in the South and knows racism exist, he just never imagined his adopted son would have to experience it. However, what happened to him and his 17-year old son left him in deep shock. Lee is a pastor at a church in the Stockton community....
James Edward West Created the Affordable Low Power Electric Microphone
James Edward West was born on 10th February 1931 in Farville, Virginia. His father held many jobs and his mother was a schoolteacher. She worked at Langley Air Force Base during World War II but later lost her job because she was involved in the NAACP. At just 12...
Common Tells Trump, Chicago Doesn’t Need Your Assistance
Trump has Chicagoans feeling some kind of way about his tweet, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!" During an interview with TMZ, Chicago native, Common smoothly...
Restaurant Owner Calls Customers N*ggers and Kicked Them Out of His Restaurant because Trump is President
Racial tensions are on the rise and now a Pennsylvania restaurant owner has been accused of suggesting Donald Trump’s election gives him the right to refuse to serve black customers. Rickey Lee Bugg Jr., a player on the Lebanon Valley College men’s basketball team,...
Usain Bolt is No Longer a Triple-Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Due to Doping Violation
The International Olympic Committee recently reported that Usain Bolt and the Jamaican team have been stripped of their 4x100-meter relay gold medal from the Beijing Games in 2008 because one runner, Nesta Carter, was found guilty of a doping violation. Bolt won the...
Michael Jackson’s Daughter, Paris, Identifies Herself as a Black Woman
Michael Jackson daughter, Paris Jackson now 18 years-old, on first glance definitely appears to be white. Despite her appearance she considers herself to be a black woman. As child her father always told her she was black and to be proud of who she is. “I consider...
