Glossary
| Garvey, Marcus | | Born in Jamaica in 1887, Marcus Garvey traveled extensively around the world, witnessing the plight of blacks everywhere. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association(UNIA) in 1914, and held the first convention in New York in 1920. That same year he also began publishing The Negro Word. The UNIA was a sucess, establishing offices in forty countries. After some failed business ventures, due largely to graft by those around him, Garvey was imprisoned and deported to Jamaica. He later returned to England, where he died in 1940. His followers came to be known as "Garveyites." |
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