Marcus Mosiah Garvey: "Look For Me In The Whirlwind"

For many of us, the first time we ever heard someone say “Look for Me in the Whirlwind,” it was rapper Tupac Shakur in his famous song “Me and My Girlfriend.” But those triumphant words were first uttered by the indomitable Marcus Garvey, America’s first Pan-Africanist.
Marcus Garvey came to the United States penniless in [...]

NAACP Fights The IRS!

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization is refusing to cooperate with the IRS probe concerning its tax exempt status. The NAACP’s lawyers say the organization refuses to turn over documents related to a July 2004 speech at its national convention in which its chairman, Julian Bond, heavily criticized the President. Outside an election [...]

NAACP Fights The IRS!

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization is refusing to cooperate with the IRS probe concerning its tax exempt status. The NAACP’s lawyers say the organization refuses to turn over documents related to a July 2004 speech at its national convention in which its chairman, Julian Bond, heavily criticized the President. Outside an election [...]