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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Marcus-GarveyMarcus Garvey | Biography, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 5, 2024 · Marcus Garvey, charismatic Black leader who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement (1919–26), based in New York City’s Harlem. He reached the height of his power in 1920, when he presided at an international convention, with delegates present from 25 countries.

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2. www.history.com › topics › black-historyMarcus Garvey: Quotes, Books & Death | HISTORY

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   Nov 9, 2009 · Marcus Garvey was a Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and empower people of African descent worldwide.

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   Who was Marcus Garvey?

   • Marcus Garvey (born August 17, 1887, St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica—died June 10, 1940, London, England) was a charismatic Black leader who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement (1919–26), based in New York City’s Harlem. Largely self-taught, Garvey attended school in Jamaica until he was 14.

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   Who was Marcus Mosiah Garvey?

   • Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born on August 17, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Self-educated, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, dedicated to promoting African Americans and resettlement in Africa. In the United States, he launched several businesses to promote a separate Black nation.

   Marcus Garvey: Biography, Black Nationalism, Rastafarian Movement

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   Where can I find a book about Marcus Garvey?

   • Garveyism as a Religious Movement: The Institutionalization of a Black Civil Religion. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1163-8. Campbell, Horace (1987). Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney. Africa World Press. ISBN 978-0-86543-034-1. Clarke, John Henrik, ed. (1974). Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa. Vintage Books.

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   What happened to Marcus Garvey?

   • In just ten years following his emigration to the United States as a laborer in 1917, Marcus Garvey rose to lead the largest black organization in history, was taken to prison in handcuffs, and was eventually deported.

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4. www.biography.com › activists › marcus-garveyMarcus Garvey: Biography, Black Nationalism, Rastafarian Movement

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   Jan 24, 2024 · Marcus Garvey was an orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Garvey...

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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.

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   Feb 12, 2001 · Marcus Garvey is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of an African American leader who influenced politics and culture around the world.

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8. www.blackpast.org › garvey-marcus-1887-1940Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) - Blackpast

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   Feb 5, 2007 · Marcus Mosiah Garvey, one of the most influential 20th Century black nationalist and Pan-Africanist leaders, was born on August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Greatly influenced by Booker T. Washington ’s autobiography Up From Slavery, Garvey began to support industrial education, economic separatism, and social segregation as ...

9. www.imdb.com › title › tt3969526The Marcus Garvey Story - IMDb

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   The Marcus Garvey Story: Directed by Steven Anderson. With Dan Gauthier, Christian Campbell, Ross Partridge, Rhashan Stone. Cancelled film based on the life and death of Marcus Garvey.