Marcus Garvey
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 83 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 17,1887 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Saint Ann's Bay |
| Jamaica | |
| Date of died | June 10,1940 |
| Died | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Known for | Activism |
| Black nationalism | |
| Pan-Africanism | |
| Children | Marcus Mosiah Garvey, III |
| Julius Winston | |
| Education | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Spouse | Amy Jacques Garvey |
| Amy Ashwood Garvey | |
| Siblings | Guy Garvey |
| Founded | Universal Negro Improvement Association And African Communities League |
| Place of burial | National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Parents | Sarah Jane Richards |
| Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr. | |
| Edited works | The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 406447 |
Marcus Garvey Life story
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa.
Malawi's John Chilembwe gets statue in London's Trafalgar Square:
... Chilembwe is considered to have influenced several figures of black liberation, including Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey, and John Langalibalele Dube, the founding president of what went on to become the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa...
‘I'm a Rasta, I'm British, I'm an officer and a commando'
... Rastafari began in Jamaica in the 1930s, and grew out of the black improvement movement led by Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey, which promoted the idea that all people are equal...
The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism'
... Bastion of pan-AfricanismThe president sees things differently, saying it is an opportunity to strengthen links and to give the diaspora a chance to explore the possibility of settling in Ghana - something that civil rights leaders Marcus Garvey and WEB Du Bois championed in the 1920s...
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