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Social activist Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born.
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Marcus Garvey
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He traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, and became involved in union activities.
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He took part in an unsuccessful printer's strike and the experience kindled in him a passion for political activism.
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He traveled throughout Central America working as an newspaper editor and writing about the exploitation of migrant workers in the plantations
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Garvey returned to Jamaica and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
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Garvey traveled to the United States to raise funds for something similar to the Tuskegee Institute in Jamaica.
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Garvey began publishing the widely distributed newspaper Negro World to convey his message.
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Marcus Garvey and UNIA had launched the Black Star Line
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UNIA claimed 4 million members and held its first International Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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Marcus Garvey and three other UNIA officials were charged with mail fraud involving the Black Star Line
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Garvey was convicted and sentenced to prison for five years
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Garvey continued his political activism and the work of UNIA in Jamaica, and then moved to London.
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The Greater Liberia Act of 1939 deported 12 million African-Americans to Liberia at federal expense to relieve unemployment.
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Marcus Garvey died in London after several strokes