Marcus Mosiah Garvey (Part five)

Views on communism “Fundamentally what racial difference is there between a white Communist, Republican or Democrat?” —Marcus Garvey[23] Garvey is known as a leading political figure because of his determination to fight for the unity of African Americans by creating the Universal Negro Improvement Association and rallying to gather supporters to…

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey (Part three)

Organization of UNIA In 1914, Garvey returned to Jamaica, where he organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). In an article titled “The Negro’s Greatest Enemy”, published in Current History (September 1923), Garvey explained the origin of the organization’s name: Where did the name of the organization come from? It was while…

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Marcus Garvey (Part one)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940),[2]was a proponent of black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. He was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).[3] He also founded the Black Star Line, a shipping and passenger…

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