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Serena Williams Is Building Schools in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya & Jamaica
Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time broke the internet world. Not about the sports but with her charitable works. Yes! You heard it right, the tennis champion was working! She builds schools in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Jamaica with her...
Pinterest To Stop Promoting ‘Plantation Weddings’
The popular wedding-planning sites Pinterest and The Knot announced they are no longer promoting content for "plantation"-style weddings. A Pinterest spokesperson told ABC News that Weddings should be a symbol of love and unity. Plantations represent none of those...
HISTORY MAKER: 11-Year-Old Charlotte Nebres is First Black Lead in NYC Ballet’s The Nutcracker
11-Year-Old Charlotte Nebres is making her ancestors proud and making History as she is staring as Marie, the young heroine of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at New York City Ballet. It opened on Friday and she is now officially the first Black lead of this ballet...
82-year-old female bodybuilder beats up man who broke into her home: “I’m alone, I’m old, but guess what I’m tough”
This intruder “picked the wrong house to break into” after he got beat up by the Rochester, NY, occupant, Willie Murphy, an 82-year-old woman Body Builder. This amazing lady is an inspiration, not that we condone violence but DAMN! She beat him with a table, a broom...
First All-African made smartphone launched by Rwanda!
Rwanda has taken a step further in cementing itself into a regional tech hub and strengthening Africa's stake in the global economy by launching the first every smartphone completely manufactured in Africa. The phone, by Rwanda’s Mara Group, was announced by Rwanda...
{WATCH} Quick Lessons from London with Freddie Taylor (CEO Urban Intellectuals).
Here are a few quick lessons I learned from traveling to London last week. You will be very interested to hear my perspective AND I wanna hear your thoughts? So, do you agree? PS. Make sure you enter our contest at UrbanIntellectuals.com/contest for a chance to win...
Eliud Kipchoge Becomes First Person EVER To Run Sub-2-Hour Marathon!
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in under two hours today in Vienna. He ran the 26.2-mile distance in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds. Just let that soak in, let that soak in that he ran 4:34 minutes per mile for the whole race! WOW! Unfortunately, this will not...
Whiskey brand honors the enslaved man who taught Jack Daniels how to make the now famous drink!
We've covered the story of how an enslaved man, Nathan 'Nearest' Green, actually taught Jack Daniels how to make bourbon. He has been recognized in very small moves as the godfather of Tenessee Whiskey but it is still not mainstream knowledge. However, if you are...
Black History is British History! Here are some British Hidden History Figures
The British education system conveniently leaves out a lot of its cruelest history and in my personal experience shys away from including any positiv influence from Black people before the 60s. But for many reasons the cold isles of Britain have had Black people...
Allyson Felix breaks world record held by Usain Bolt 10 months after giving birth
It's big news when a record set by none other than Usain Bolt is broken, especially when it is done so by a woman who gave birth less than a year ago! Of course, it wasn't his 100m record but this is a HUGE feat none the less and oozes #BlackGirlMagic! Olympic...
Dred Scott Case – 1857 – Freedom’s Champion
Dred Scott was born enslaved in 1799 in Southampton County, Virginia. His owner, Peter Blow, moved with his family, Scott and other enslaved people to Alabama, then St. Louis, Missouri and later sold Scott to Dr. John Emerson. Dr. Emerson moved frequently and took...
Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad-1831
Slavery in the United States was characterized by the grave mistreatment of African Americans. However, the first half of the 19th century came with an awakening where many people in northern states began opposing slavery aka abolitionists. These societies went...
