Marcus Garvey
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Nationalism, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Latin American History, African American History
Article abstract: Combining his talents of effective journalism and charismatic oratory, Garvey organized the first black mass-protest movement in the history of the United States.
Early Life
Marcus Moziah Garvey was born in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies, on August 17, 1887. His parents, Marcus and Sarah Garvey, were both full-blooded blacks of African descent. As such, the family, including young Marcus, suffered under the racial caste system prevalent in Jamaica at the time—a system which relegated pure blacks to a lower socioeconomic...
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