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15 Year Old, Black Student Builds Multi-Million Dollar Tech Company
(KTVI) – Jaylen Bledsoe is a 15-year-old sophomore at Hazelwood West High School who started his own tech company that is now worth $3.5 million in just three years. Jaylen sat down with John Pertzborn to explain how he starting building a company when he was only 12....
Cornel West: MLK 50 Was ‘Coronation of Bonafide House Negro of Obama Plantation…Al Sharpton’
Unless you have been under a rock the last few months, you have heard many of the comments Cornell West has made about President Obama. He has challenged the President's policies, the black communities undying devotion to POTUS, and has even called him a global George...
Fundraising Helps Black Teen Go From Homeless to Howard U.
When most kids start their freshman year of college, it takes some time to get used to the small, cramped living spaces and to sharing a bathroom with a dozen people. But not James Ward. The Howard University student spent much of his childhood homeless, alternating...
Young Black Men “Caught” On Store Camera
As you read this title and saw the featured image, what did you think? If you're like most people who sees or even hears of a young black man with dreads no less, you thought that he was caught doing some sort of criminal activity. Well I am please to say nope, not...
Prevent the Discontinuation of the ONLY Functioning HBCU Swimming Program
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were founded for the purpose of giving African-Americans the opportunity to get a higher education. Today, there are 105 HBCUs in the United States and of that group, only TWO institutions have swimming teams. North...
Rapper T.I. Says Atlantic Records Hates His New Positive Image
The Atlanta based rapper who built his career as a hard core, drug pushing southern king has now adopted a family-friendly image that hasn’t scored him too much attention or money in recent years. T.I., Born Clifford Harris, went from writing rhymes about his...
US school shooting suspect talked down by bookkeeper
AP - A MAN armed with an assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition entered a primary school in the US state of Georgia, held employees hostage and fired on police. Dramatic overhead television footage captured young students racing out of the building. The situation...
Africa’s Super Hero Bring’s Happiness… And Also Anger
Finally! There is hope for fans of the Marvel comics series, The Black Panther. Stan Lee at a wizard comic book convention in New York, spilled the beans about the hero’s emergence as one of the newest projects for Disney under the Marvel moniker set for 2016 or 2017....
No Weave In My Church Says One Pastor. Is He Going Too Far?
"Pat yo weave, ladies. Pat, yo weave, ladies", said Beyonce in one of her smash hits, but someone better tell her not in this Pastor's church. Pastor A. J. Aamir founded the Resurrecting Faith church in Waco, Texas with a different aim. He actually wants his...
6 Must See 2013 African American Films
I wanted to bring you Urban Intellectual readers something light today, some inspiration for your viewing pleasures. Their are about 12 must see films this year being released by and about...
What’s in a name?
It’s great to be back UI after a long hiatus from all social media. My posts may make you mad, but hopefully cause a real discussion on the subject. The next part of my calculated meal that I have been feeding you has to do with ethnic, and made up names. I know...
The Origins of the Crucifix
The image above will undoubtedly enrage some Black Christians, well, at least those who don't know their own history. Those who don't know that Jesus was a threat to the status quo of his day and was persecuted just like any African American in this nation. Jesus was...
