content: well I could be wrong but Thomas Sowell or Marcus garvey were never hit with these kind of accusations back when ther was more of  a chance the blacks would listen to them. If it was only politically motavated we would see a pattern. I dont think its so unlikely that he would have raped someone, or at least "sexuallly assulted" someone by modern standards. Which really amounts to the girl regretting it afterwards. I dont know what is going through this mans head but its a shame the black community lost a reasonable voice regardless of his guilt.