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Every senior at Urban Prep Charter Academy, a predominately African-American all-boys charter school in Chicago, has been accepted and committed to a four year college or university. For seven consecutive years, the Academy’s senior class has had 100 percent of their students admitted to colleges throughout the nation. Collectively,...

  In the last couple of years, Black people have been punished for some of the craziest things and sometimes they have paid the ultimate price.  We have learned the hard way to be careful when walking while black, listening to music while black, selling cigarettes while black, running...

At approximately 4:15 this evening a boy with a fake gun was shot by Baltimore Police. It’s been reported that the officers seen what looked like a gun and ‘gave chase.’ The shooting happened near the basketball courts at the McKim youth center. At press time, the child’s wounds...

When Kermit hopped on the scenes sipping his tea in the  funny memes and speaking the things many of us wanted to say but would never say, the internet went crazy. Everybody wanted to know what the ‘tea’ was…well since Beyonce launch of her Lemonade album and HBO special,...

As with Tupac, Biggie, James Brown, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston, the world is mourning the death of musical icon, Prince.    Beside his music that will live on forever, Prince left behind something else…His uniqueness. Prince embraced himself.  He accepted that he was unique and own it like...

A lot of our youth are lost, caught up in the delusion of “that life.” Well, that life ain’t bout nothing. Ask the O.G.’s in your neighborhood. No real, genuine respectable individual who has been caught up in the cycle of the streets is going to tell you, “Trap...

Bad things happens to all. There are moments when you feel like nothing is going your way. You may feel like the situation that you are going through right now, will never get better - all hope is gone. You keep hitting road blocks that seem to hold you...

  By now, I am sure everyone has heard about the Ciara-Future nomination fiasco.  The topic has been a hot once for days. So hot that one person, decided to pen an open letter to Ciara about her actions.  Let me repeat, about HER REACTIONS! I never completely understood...

Hello everyone… This is going to be an open letter to all prison wives, girlfriends, and significant others. You ever feel like giving up on them? Do you ever feel like communication is no longer enough? Are you tired of longing for intimacy but you just can’t fathom being...

So, I read somewhere that flirting is an effective way of reducing loneliness. I’m not sure about the science behind that but I know that it can be fun (although your significant other may not think so). If you are marriage or in a relationship, you should not be...

Urban Image Magazine is currently seeking interns for a great literary opportunity. We currently have open positions for experienced bloggers/ writers and also open positions for social media coordinators. If interested please contact me @trel.bryantmgmt for more details....

Have you had plans to do something that would change your life in a positive way and then nothing happened? This happened because you didn’t follow through. Your mind and body was not condition to make it happened. The little things that you do in your life causes you...

There are a lot of people who do not believe that they are beautiful. They do not know or believe how special they are. They may be focusing on the negative things in their life or is surrounded by negative people. If you are that person, you are wrong...

So, I had to give it a few days before I blogged on this topic. Actually, I had to give it a few days to be sure that this was not some type of joke.  The passing of MS Religious Freedom Bill has to be a joke.  With laws...

There are so many things in life to be thankful for. You are alive and healthy however there can be lots of difficult, sticky situations and terrible things can happend. There are moments when bad things keeps happening, sometimes one after another. It seems like every time you take...

Two friends, Lucas Pachett and Nicholas Marchesi, of Brisbane - both 21, pack washers and dryers in the back of their van and drive around Australia washing clothes for those in need.  Governmental funding, donations from friends and help from volunteers, has enabled the pair to extend Orange Sky...

In order to reach your true potential you must unleash the power of your mind. The mind plays a very important role in achieving success and goals. You have a basic knowledge of what you want out of life but it is your minds that’s going to make it...

Hello everybody it’s your favorite prison wife back again but this time I’m coming to you in the form of an open book and heart. Just recently my 17yr old daughter told me how she felt about me. She said, “Mom you are the strongest person I know. Your...

Hey JaeListers: It’s your resident Diva, Mz. Jae about to give you a good dose of BLACK GIRL MAGIC! Kelly Rowland Kelly Rowland is about that life. That FABULOUS LIFE! Grass does not grow under her feet. We all know Kelly as one of the founding members of “Destiny’s...

Seventy-five years ago the Tuskegee Airmen made history.These men have paved the way for African Americans in the military. Take a moment to watch the documentary below. “To help celebrate this milestone we have set a goal to raise $75 Million over ten years for the Tuskegee Airmen Youth...