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01/07/2024

01/07/2024

🌍📚 "Dive Deeper into Black History Beyond February" 📚🌍

Urban Intellectuals, let's challenge ourselves: "Stop discussing the same 8-12 people every February. Black History is so much deeper." Each February, we celebrate the same handful of figures, but our history is a vast ocean of untold stories and unsung heroes.

It's time to expand our horizons and explore the countless contributions of Black individuals throughout history. Our past is filled with inventors, scholars, activists, and leaders whose stories often go untold.

Urban Intellectuals is dedicated to uncovering these hidden narratives. Our resources at store.urbanintellectuals.com and SankofaClub.com offer a gateway to the lesser-known but equally important figures in our history.

Let’s commit to making every day a day for learning and celebrating the full richness of Black history, not just in February, but all year round.

01/07/2024

01/07/2024

01/07/2024

DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS' (REAL-LIFE SIBLINGS) THEN & NOW
16 YEARS LATER...Daddy's Little Girls is a 2007 American film written and directed by Tyler Perry and produced by Perry and Reuben Cannon. The film stars Idris Elba, Gabrielle Union, Louis Gossett Jr., and Tracee Ellis Ross. It tells the story of a lawyer who helps a mechanic(Monty) in a custody battle against his mean-spirited ex-wife over who will get custody of their daughters.
Pictured Left to Right:
➡Lauryn Alisa McClain (born January 7, 1997) is an American actress and singer. In 'Daddy's Little Girls,' she played Monty's middle daughter(Lauryn James). She is also known for Haunt (2019), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020) and A.N.T. Farm (2011).
Lauryn was in her first school musical when she discovered her love for singing and acting. She was once a very, shy girl; however, her appearance in her 1st film, The Gospel, left her wanting more. So she put away her stage fright and picked up a guitar.
➡Sierra Aylina McClain (born March 16, 1994) is an American actress and singer. In 'Daddy's Little Girls,' she played Monty's oldest daughter(Sierra James). She had her breakthrough as Nessa Parker in Empire (2016–2018), and is also best known for starring as Tanya Clifton in the television series Mindhunter (2019). Her film roles have included starring as Tosha in the films Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018), and as Carina in Shrink (2009). She is currently starring as Grace Ryder in 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–present).
➡China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. In 'Daddy's Little Girls,' she played Monty's youngest daughter(China James). Her career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005). She received recognition for starring as Jazmine Payne in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present) and as Charlotte McKenzie in the film Grown Ups (2010); and became internationally known for starring as Chyna Parks in the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), and as Uma in the Disney Channel films Descendants 2 (2017) and Descendants 3 (2019). She also voiced Freddy in Descendants: Wicked World. In 2018, McClain began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on OWN's revival of The Paynes (2018).
China began her musical career in 2005 as a member of the sister girl group the 3mcclaingirls with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn. Her first professional single was "Your Biggest Fan" with Nick Jonas on the soundtrack album Jonas L.A. (2010). In 2011, McClain signed with Hollywood Records both as a solo artist and with her sister girl group, known as the McClain Sisters. Her debut single as a solo artist was "Dynamite" which peaked at no. 2 on the US Kid Digital Songs, and her second single, "Calling All the Monsters", peaked at no. 1 on the same chart and earned 25,000 downloads within its first week of release. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack album spent five weeks on the Billboard Kids chart in 2011 and sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard also named her the sixth best-selling artist for digital kids' songs in 2012. In 2017, her single "What's My Name" from Descendants 2 peaked on several Billboard charts, and was certified gold, with 500,000 units sold, on November 10, 2017. In June 2020 her sister girl group changed their name to Thriii.
FAMILY
The McClain sisters comes from an artistic family. Their father, Michael McClain, is a music producer who produced Solange Knowles' debut album Solo Star (2002). Their mother, Shontell McClain, is a songwriter and former screenwriter.
They also have a brother named Gabriel McClain. He is an actor, known for Hubie Halloween (2020), Daddy's Little Girls (2007) and Thriii Feat. Messenger: My Sanity (2020).

01/06/2024

WARNING: Let me put this out here. There is a substantial group of negropeans- so-called "Black" people - out there who are NOT HAPPY that the Orange Orangutan lost & has got all these inditements against him. You work with them. Attend classes with them. Go to church with some of them. Some are Pastors & leaders who are tied into the white Nationalist Republican agenda that minimizes Black Issues & concerns, injustices, illegal incarceratins & murders. Some are city workers, police/fire/letter carriers, bus drivers, pilots, board members & corporate officials. They look at you as the enemy...the REAL BLACK PEOPLE whose BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS gave the POSITIVE ENERGY necessary to make possible EVERY CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE & CULTURE CHANGING INVENTION IN CURRENT USE that propelled this ungrateful nation from the Civil War Insurrection through to the present day in spite of the presence of great opposition, oppression, Jim Crow, violence, 10,000+ lynchings, bombings & goverment-sponsored murders. Africans in America DID THAT!! We DID THAT! But those other bastards cannot be REDEEMED! The inability to RECOGNIZE A CON-MAN & his clown car entorage proves their disconnect.They have been thouroughly in**ed by the European Colonizer mindset. Their melanin has been bleached, de-programmed & neutralized! Always BE AWARE & keep your eyes on them! Those sneaky, snitching Sambos will try to take you out!! Never DENOUNCE YOUR AFRICAN BLACKNESS TO ANYONE!!!

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07/16/2023

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07/16/2023

Sandra Aguebor is Nigeria's first woman mechanic. She is also the founder of The Lady Mechanic Initiative, which teaches women from diverse backgrounds how to fix cars and become financially independent.

07/16/2023

Happy 75th Birthday aka Aunt Viv 🥳🎉

07/16/2023

Grace Moore, a 12-year old girl from New York, has made history as one of the youngest composers to join the New York City Philharmonic Orchestra.

07/16/2023

Josephine Wright and her late husband, Samuel Wright Sr., moved from New York to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, nearly 30 years ago to seek peace and relaxation on a family-owned property.

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Wazzzup!?

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07/16/2023

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