Hon. Marcus Garvey: Celebrating His Legacy, Wisdom, and the Impact of a Long‑Awaited Pardon

Hon. Marcus Garvey: Celebrating His Legacy, Wisdom, and the Impact of a Long‑Awaited Pardon

By: Pearl Phillip | Editorial credit: Everett Collection/shutterstock.com August 17, 2025, marks the 138th anniversary of the birth of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., the Jamaican political activist, Black nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Born on August 17, 1887, in Saint Ann’s Bay, Garvey’s vision for unity, empowerment, and […]

Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader and Revolutionary

Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader and Revolutionary

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: spatuletail / shutterstock.com  Malcolm X was a complex and transformative figure in the struggle for civil rights and black liberation in the United States. His early experiences of racial violence, imprisonment, and radicalization through the Nation of Islam (NOI) shaped his initial worldview, but it was his later […]