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Early Life
Social activist Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in, St. Ann's Bay Jamaica. -
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Early life
He traveled to Kingston, Jamaica and soon became involved in union activites. -
Early life
he took part in an unsuccesful printer's strike and the experience kindled in him a passion for political activism. -
Founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association
he returned to jamaica and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association with the goal of uniting all of african diaspora to "establish a country and absolute government of their own, -
Founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association had launched the Black Star Line, A shipping company that would establish trade and commerce between Africans in America, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Canada and Africa -
Founding the United Negro Improvement Assoication
UNIA claimed 4 million members and held its first International Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City. -
Charges and Loss of Authority
Marcus Garvey and three other UNIA officials were charged with mail fraud involving the Black Star Line. -
Charges and Loss of Authority
Garvey was convicted and sentenced to prison for five years. Claiming to be a victim of a politically motivated miscarriage of justice, Garvey appealed his conviction, but was denied. -
Charges and Loss of Authority
he was released from prison and deported to jamaica. -
Charges and Loss of Authority
Garvey continued his political activism and the work of UNIA in Jamaica, and then moved to London but he did not command the same influence he had earlier. -
Charges and Loss of Authority
The Greater Liberia Act would deport 12 million African-Americans to Liberia at federal expense to relieve unemployment. -
Death and Legacy
Marcus Garvey died in London in after several strokes. Due to travel restrictions during World War II, his body was interred in London.