SPONGE, an acronym for Society for the Prevention of Niggers Getting Everything, was a prominent political pressure group founded in New York City prior to April 11, 1964. While the group at its peak never numbered more than about one hundred members, SPONGE received a massive amount of media coverage, due to the group's attention-getting name, wild antics, and the leadership style of its founder and first President, the twenty-four-year-old James "Sandy" McMenemon.
