To forward these ends, he established the Negro Factories Corporation and the Black Star Line (1919), as well as a chain of restaurants and grocery stores, laundries, a hotel, and a printing press.

In 1922, Garvey and three other UNIA officials were charged with mail fraud involving the Black Star Line. Trial records indicate several improprieties occurred in the prosecution of the case.

Former President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927. "Notably, Mr. Garvey created the Black Star Line, the first Black-owned shipping line and method of international travel, and ...

President Biden is being pressured to grant a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey — a Black nationalist who was influential to Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and later generations of Black Panther ...

When Marcus Garvey first arrived in the United States in 1916, he quickly found his way to many of New York's most prominent black radical activists and intellectuals. And, at least briefly ...

Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. ... Black Star Line, in 1919 ...

Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. ... the Black Star Steamship Line, in a highly competitive industry.

Marcus Garvey is shown in a military uniform during a parade on the opening day of the ... he established the Negro Factories Corporation and the Black Star Line (1919), as well as a chain of ...

"Notably, Mr. Garvey created the Black Star Line, the first Black-owned shipping line and method of international travel, and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which celebrated ...