The black activist group, International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, announced today that it plans to conduct an act of civil disobedience Wednesday at the World Series opener at Tropicana Field. ...more

October 21, 2008

A black activist group is calling on governments to pay millions of dollars in reparations to the families of Javon Dawson and three other black teenagers who have been killed by law enforcement officers. ...more

August 16, 2008

The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement will address Gov. Charlie Crist's call for a review of the investigation into the shooting death of Javon Dawson this morning. ...more

August 15, 2008

One day after police complained of no civilian witnesses in the police shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson, a black activist group typically opposed to police says it knows of some, but the witnesses will talk to authorities only with a lawyer present. ...more

June 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — One day after police complained of no civilian witnesses in the police shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson, a black activist group says it knows of some, but they will talk to authorities only with a lawyer present. At a press conference today, Omali Yeshitela, leader of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, said the witnesses, who he described as children, were traumatized by the event. ...more

June 12, 2008