Marcus Garvey- Barrett

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    Marcus Garvey

  • born on August 17, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica.

    born on August 17, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica.

  • At age 14, Marcus became a printer's apprentice. In 1903, he traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, and soon became involved in union activities.

    At age 14, Marcus became a printer's apprentice. In 1903, he traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, and soon became involved in union activities.

  • In 1907, he took part in an unsuccessful printer's strike and the experience kindled in him a passion for political activism.

    In 1907, he took part in an unsuccessful printer's strike and the experience kindled in him a passion for political activism.

  • Three years later, he traveled throughout Central America working as an newspaper editor and writing about the exploitation of migrant workers in the plantations.

  • Marcus Garvey returned to Jamaica in 1912 and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association

  • Garvey traveled to the United States in 1916 to raise funds for a similar venture in Jamaica

  • In 1918, Garvey began publishing the widely distributed newspaper Negro World to convey his message.

  • By 1919, Marcus Garvey and UNIA had launched the Black Star Line

  • In August 1920, UNIA claimed 4 million members and held its first International Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

  • In 1922, Marcus Garvey and three other UNIA officials were charged with mail fraud involving the Black Star Line.

  • On June 23, 1923, Garvey was convicted and sentenced to prison for five years.

  • In 1927 he was released from prison and deported to Jamaica.

  • Garvey continued his political activism and the work of UNIA in Jamaica, and then moved to London in 1935.

  • The Greater Liberia Act of 1939 would deport 12 million African-Americans to Liberia at federal expense to relieve unemployment.

  • Marcus Garvey died in London in 1940 after several strokes

  • In 1964, his remains were exhumed and taken to Jamaica, where the government proclaimed him Jamaica's first national hero and re-interred him at a shrine in the National Heroes Park.