Marcus
Mosiah Garvey
August
17, 1887 - June 10, 1940
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| Garvey, most predominantly known for his influential
voice in liberating poor Jamaicans during the early 1900's, was
a black nationalist who encouraged blacks to find acceptance within
themselves and reclaim Africa as their home. Among many other
things, he was a journalist, entrepreneur, and activist who founded
the Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association
and African Communities League, the People's Political
Party in Jamaica, and presented the Petition of the Negro
Race to the League of Nations. Rastas considered Garvey to
be a religious prophet. The earlier Rastas were active in his
Back to Africa movement. Garvey was not a Rasta, but was committed
to helping free their minds. He was raised Methodist and later
became a Roman Catholic. Marcus Mosiah Garvey died in 1940 while
living in London. |
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