Marcus Garvey - Welch By lizardboy987 Aug 17, 1887 birth date Marcus Garvey was born in jamaica Jun 1, 1903 became a printers apprentice Jun 1, 1907 was part of a strike Jun 1, 1912 founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association Jun 1, 1916 Founded an UNIA chapter in Harlem Jun 1, 1918 Started publishing the Negro Wolrd newspaper Jun 1, 1919 Marcus Garvey and UNIA lunched a shipping company for blacks Aug 1, 1920 UNIA claimed 4 million members and held its first International Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City Jun 23, 1923 Garvey was convicted of mail fruad and sentenced to prison for five years Jun 10, 1940 date of death