Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement ... and Africa, and to serve as a symbol of black grandeur and enterprise. The U.N.I.A. incorporated the Black Star Line in 1919.

Marcus Garvey was granted a posthumous pardon by ... He viewed the shipping company as a symbol of tangible success and economic potential for Black people. At the same time, Garvey started ...

WASHINGTON DC, USA— A plaque will be unveiled in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 25 to honour Jamaica’s first National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The event will take place at the Big Bethel AME ...

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 ...

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 ...