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 …

Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) was a Jamaican-born Black leader who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement after World War I. He urged Black Americans to be …

Jan 22, 2025 · Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Pan-African movement and Jamaica’s first national hero, received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden on January …

5 days ago · Marcus Garvey was a prominent orator and activist who advocated for Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism. Born in Jamaica, Garvey founded the Universal Negro …

1 day ago · “It is now being revealed that the Harlem Renaissance was influenced to some extent by the Garvey Movement,” Beverly Hamilton writes in Jamaica Journal Vol. 20 No. 3, August …

In 1914, he started the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), in Jamaica. The UNIA, which grew into an international organisation, encouraged self-government for black people …

Sep 15, 2020 · Garvey was known as the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Formed in Jamaica in July 1914, the UNIA aimed to achieve Black …

Jan 20, 2025 · Pan-African leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, convicted of mail fraud in 1923 in the U.S., is buried at National Heroes Park in Kingston. His remains were brought to Jamaica in …

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.

Garvey focused on class and colour in his campaigns and met severe opposition from the middle class coloured and Black politicians. He was arrested repeatedly by Jamaican officials for …