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The SS Yarmouth was a steamship notable for its part in developing Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and connecting it to Boston, Massachusetts.Later in life it had a central role as the flagship of the Marcus Garvey initiative the Black Star Line.
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.
Later Joshua Cockburn, the captain of Yarmouth, was accused of receiving a "kick back from the purchase price". [4] [5] USS Piqua in World War I. Yarmouth was not the only ship that BSL bought in poor condition and completely oversold. Garvey spent another $200,000 for more ships (equivalent to $3 million in 2023). [6]
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 ...
A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, according to a statement sent by the lawmakers to ABC News on Monday.
Official Blog of the UNIA: Millions For Marcus Garvey on Facebook; The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project; Marcus Garvey: The Official Site; Gale Group guide to UNIA; American Series Sample Documents Archived 2015-06-03 at the Wayback Machine—Volume I: 1826 – August 1919; 1918 UNIA Constitution
He joined with Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and served as a Captain on the SS Yarmouth [12] of the Black Star Line. However, disagreements with the UNIA lead to his resignation in 1921. [10] For the next two decades, the only shipboard work Mulzac could get was in the steward's departments on several shipping ...
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 ...