R.I.P Dr. Tony Martin
My mom just informed me that Dr. Tony Martin has passed away. You can click on the link if you want to know about him and his professional life. He was a controversial figure. I'll share with you my personal story with him. Dr. Tony Martin is originally from Trinidad and was a Garvey-enthusiast. He made it is his life purpose to keep the ideas of Marcus Garvey alive. I was only about 13 when I received my first copy of the biography he had written on Garvey and also a reprint (that Dr. Martin made available) of Marcus Garvey's teachings. This work really made an impact on me. First of all, let me tell you that when I was 10 years old and went to live in Trinidad and Tobago with my grandparents, I was able to witness something that many of my Black friends in Brooklyn wouldn't get to witness for another 35 years or so. See, in Trinidad, we had a Black Prime Minister. When I saw, with my own two eyes, that there were people of color, around the world, leading cou...