We know Marcus Garvey as a powerful figure in Black history who dedicated much of his life to promoting self-love among Black people and encouraging an eventual return to their ancestral homeland ...

Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement ... he slid into such obscurity that he suffered the final indignity of reading his own obituaries a month before his June 10, 1940 death.

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican civil rights activist, the founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an owner of the Black Star Line shipping company. In 1923 ...

In the midst of despair, Garvey found a way to lift the spirits of urban folk by nurturing an affirming statement of Black pride and achievement. His organization, the Universal Negro Improvement ...

April 9: Marcus Garvey Sr. dies in Jamaica ... June 10: After suffering a second cerebral hemorrhage or cardiac arrest while reading the inaccurate news reports of his death, Garvey dies in ...