Marcus Garvey (Wikipedia)
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-Born nationalist leader of the Pan-Africanism Movement; his mission was to raise awareness about the needed unity of people who are of African descent worldwide. He was on born on August 17, 1887, in Saint Ann’s Jamaica. He grew up to become a noted civil rights activist in America, he started the Negro World newspaper, a logistics company, and developed an organization that created energy independency of international Black communities. Garvey is known for his quote, “If you want liberty you yourselves must strike the blow. If you must be free, you must become so through your own effort … Until you produce what the white man has produced you will not be his equal.” (speech in front of Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1921) Garvey passed away on June 10, 1940, West Kensington, London
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-Born nationalist leader of the Pan-Africanism Movement; his mission was to raise awareness about the needed unity of people who are of African descent worldwide. He was on born on August 17, 1887, in Saint Ann’s Jamaica. He grew up to become a noted civil rights activist in America, he started the Negro World newspaper, a logistics company, and developed an organization that created energy independency of international Black communities. Garvey is known for his quote, “If you want liberty you yourselves must strike the blow. If you must be free, you must become so through your own effort … Until you produce what the white man has produced you will not be his equal.” (speech in front of Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1921) Garvey passed away on June 10, 1940, West Kensington, London