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Welcome to Urban Intellectuals. We are on a mission to help Black people reconnect with our history, culture, identity, and legacy. This channel explores Black history, African history, the African diaspora, and the forgotten truths that help us better understand who we are and what we carry. From powerful historical figures to untold stories, from cultural analysis to modern-day conversations,
Slavery Stole African Skill, Not Just Labor
The UN Called Slavery a Grave Crime. Why Did America Vote No?
The Real Imhotep: Before Hollywood Tells His Story Again | Sankofa Sundays Classroom Special | S1E3
Why Africa Looks Smaller on the Map — The Mercator Effect
COINTELPRO Was Real: How the FBI Targeted Black Leadership
Kai Cenat Made Reading Cool — Why Black Literacy Is Revolutionary
Lewis Latimer: The Son of Escaped Parents Who Helped Light America
What Is Real Power for the Black Community? | Sankofa Questions
Who Really Destroyed Black Neighborhoods? | Sankofa Questions
Black Women Were Critical to the Success of the Haitian Revolution | Sankofa Stories | S1E3
Access Is Not Ownership: What Integration Missed | Sankofa Questions
Did Integration Help or Hurt Black America? | Sankofa Questions
What Integration Cost Black Teachers | Sankofa Questions
Why Black Schools Were More Than Classrooms | Sankofa Questions
What Black America Built Before Integration | Sankofa Questions
Did Integration Destroy the Black Community? | Sankofa Questions S1E3
Why Africa Looks Smaller on the Map—and Why That Matters
UN Called Slavery Gravest Crime Ever | The Sankofa Report | S1E3
Ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom: Kemet, Nubia & the 18th Dynasty | Sankofa Sundays Classroom Special
Kai Cenat Made Reading Cool — Why Black Literacy Has Always Been Revolutionary | The Sankofa Report
Why can Steven A Smith Be Loud and Black women can't? | Sankofa Deep Dive
Trumps 8 Attacks on Black America | Sankofa Deep Dive
TUSKEGEE, BONNETS & DURAGS: WHO GETS TO DEFINE BLACK EXCELLENCE?
Sierra Leone to South Carolina: How African Rice Knowledge Built an Empire | Sankofa Questions S1E2
THE BLACK GENIUS WHO HELPED LIGHT AMERICA BUT YOU NEVER LEARNED | Sankofa Deep Dive
Romance in Ancient Kemet Along the Nile | Sankofa Stories | S1E2
Can Black capitalism save us? | Sankofa Sunday Dinner, S1E2 | Urban Intellectuals
S1E1: America Turns 250 - They’re Still Trying to Hide the Truth About History - The Sankofa Report
The Little Girl Who Risked It All to Read - Sankofa Stories S1E1
COINTELPRO: The FBI’s War on Black Leadership | Sankofa Questions S1E1
THE SANKOFA REPORT Ep1 Trump’s DEI Crackdown Isn’t New — History Shows the Real Target
10 Business Lessons Learned While Trying to Save Urban Intellectuals
Defend UI: How to help avoid closing Urban Intellectuals for good!
Why are we called Black? | Urban Intellectuals Show
How King Leopold Built an Empire on African Death in the Congo | Urban Intellectuals
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez: The First Black Man in Space | Black History That Makes You Go Hmm
Ivan Van Sertima — The Scholar Who Rewrote the Map of Discovery
Dorothy Vaughan — The Hidden Figure Who Taught NASA to Count Us In
Mediocrity is not our Bloodline
Mark Dean: The Black Engineer Who Built the Backbone of Your Computer