Marcus Garvey - Welch

  • birth date

    Marcus Garvey was born in jamaica
  • became a printers apprentice

  • was part of a strike

  • founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association

  • Founded an UNIA chapter in Harlem

  • Started publishing the Negro Wolrd newspaper

  • Marcus Garvey and UNIA lunched a shipping company for blacks

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

  • Garvey was convicted of mail fruad and sentenced to prison for five years

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