"The Negro's Greatest Enemy"
Magazine article
By: Marcus Garvey
Date: September 1923
Source: Garvey, Marcus. "The Negro's Greatest Enemy." Current History 18 (September 1923). Available online http://www.isop.ucla.edu/mgpp/sample01.htm (accessed January 28,
2003).
About the Author: In 1916, Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) emigrated from his native Jamaica to New York City. A committed black nationalist, he created the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which promoted a self-help philosophy and promised racial grandeur in the "Empire of Africa." A controversial figure, Garvey successfully tapped into growing African American aspirations for justice, wealth, and a sense of communal identity. He ran afoul of the federal government and was deported to Jamaica in 1927.
Introduction
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