One of the Father's of the Black Nationalist Movement, The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born on august 17th 1887 in St. ann's bay, Jamaica. After being involved in Black Nationalist activities at home in Jamaica, Garvey traveled and studied in Central America & London before ultimately ending up in America in 1916 at 29 Years Old. A year earlier he had founded The Universal Negro Improvement association, loosely modeled after the teachings of Booker T. Washington. The goal was to uplift Black People around the world mentally, Physically, Spiritually, Politically, Economically, socially & Beyond. By 1920, The UNIA would boast of having more than 1000 local offices across the globe & would be considered to be by far the largest organized movement of Black People. The centerpiece of the movement was The Black Star Line, a growing fleet of ships designed to foster trade/economic development for the Global Nation of Blacks All Over The World, and to facilitate Repatriation Back To Africa. In a pattern to be seen over & over again in american History, this challenge to the paradigm & philosophy of white supremacy put targets on the back of Garvey & the leadership of the UNIA. Alleged improprieties & errors of inexperience were manipulated to create a criminal indictment, and in 1922 Marcus Garvey was charged with Mail Fraud. Garvey was immediately deported back to Jamaica upon his release from prison, and the movement never recovered from this setback. The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey would die in London, England on June 10th 1940. Garvey's work was one of two direct precursors to The nation of Islam, and a model for so many others-especially The Black Panther Party. Not included among the quotes you will see below, but probably his most famous, "Black Is Beautiful!" #Salute
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Kemet Nakhi
8/23/2017 10:39:26 pm
Peace
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Geoffrey Warui
8/18/2018 03:59:13 am
Cool and calm art....
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