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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa.
Amy Ashwood Garvey (née Ashwood; 10 January 1897 – 3 May 1969) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist. [1] She was a director of the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, and along with her former husband Marcus Garvey she founded the Negro World newspaper.
Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey (31 December 1895 [1] – 25 July 1973) was a Jamaican-born journalist and activist. She was the second wife of Marcus Garvey.She was one of the pioneering female Black journalists and publishers of the 20th century.
Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few today understand his quest to promote the economic and cultural ...
Marcus Garvey, "Africa's Provisional President," is seen during the renaming of the ship from the "General G.W. Goethals" to the S.S Booker T. Washington, Jan. 25, 1925.
Chapman, Thandeka K. (2004). "Foundations of Multicultural Education: Marcus Garvey and the United Negro Improvement Association". The Journal of Negro Education. 73 (4): 424– 434. doi:10.2307/4129626. JSTOR 4129626. Christian, Mark (2008). "Marcus Garvey and African Unity: Lessons for the Future From the Past". Journal of Black Studies. 39 ...
U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement. Garvey, who ...
Moore later became a leader and life member of the UNIA, founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey. She participated in Garvey's first international convention in New York City and was a stock owner in the Black Star Line. Along with becoming a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Moore worked for a variety of causes for over 60 years.