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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.
Garveyism is an aspect of black nationalism that refers to the economic, racial and political policies of UNIA-ACL founder Marcus Garvey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Ethiopia, thou land of our fathers,
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) is a black nationalist fraternal organization founded by Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant to the United States, and his then-wife Amy Ashwood Garvey.
The Black Star Line (1919−1922) [1] was a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey, the organizer of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and other members of the UNIA. The shipping line was created to facilitate the transportation of goods and eventually African Americans throughout the African global economy.
1924 photograph of Marcus Garvey. In 1914, Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey established the Universal Negro Improvement Association with his then-wife, Amy Ashwood Garvey, in Kingston. He moved to New York in 1916, and founded the first American UNIA chapter in Harlem in 1918.
For a nickel, readers received a front-page editorial by Garvey, along with poetry and articles of international interest to people of African ancestry. Under the editorship of Amy Jacques Garvey the paper featured a full page called "Our Women and What They Think". Negro World also played an important part in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Marcus Garvey presided over the occasion as chairman. It was at this event where he was duly elected Provisional President of Africa. Among the articles [2] is Declaration 39 which states as follows: "That the colors, Red, Black and Green, be the colors of the Negro race." It is from that statement the Red, Black and Green flag came into existence.
Additionally, black separatists often seek to return to their original cultural homeland of Africa. [5] This sentiment was spearheaded by Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the 1920s. [6] Black separatists generally think that black people are hindered in a white-dominated society.