Marcus Garvey-Nailor By Beefcake48 Aug 17, 1887 Marcus Garvey Early Life He was self educated. He founded the Univeral Negro Improvement Assosiation. Last of 11 children. His dad owned a library where he learned to read Period: Aug 17, 1887 to Jun 1, 1940 Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey Life to Death Jun 1, 1903 He traveled to kingston Jamaica and became involved in union activities Jun 1, 1907 Marcus Garvey got involved in an unsuccessful printers strike and it made him have a passion for political activism Jun 1, 1912 Marcus went back to Jamaica and created Union Negro Improvement Assosiation (UNIA) Jun 3, 1916 Garvey creates Negro World Magazine to put out his messages Jun 3, 1918 Garvey goes to United states to raise funds for Jamaica venture Jun 3, 1922 Garvey was convicted of mail fraud involving Black Star Line Jun 23, 1923 Garvey was covicted and put in prison for five years Jun 3, 1927 Garvey was released from prison and was deported to Jamaica Jun 1, 1935 Garvey kept doing his work for UNIA and moved to London Jun 1, 1939 Liberia act was to be put in place to deport 12 million African Americans Garvey lost black supporters. Jun 1, 1940 Garvey dies in London from series of strokes