GarveyFest 2013, special guest, hip hop group DEAD PREZ Africans on the Move is celebrating its 25th Annual GarveyFest on Saturday, August 17th , from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the Parklawn YMCA, 4340 N. … [Read more...]
Do you remember the U.N.I.A. and the Garveys?
The song goes “Do you remember old Marcus Garvey?” and for far too many of us the response is “no.” And yet this man—as well as two remarkable sisters, Amy Ashwood and Amy Jacques—played a critical … [Read more...]