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{{Infobox political party|name=Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League|logo=UNIA Logo.png|founded=1914|abbreviation=UNIA-ACL|standing_committee=High Executive Council|leader1_title=President-General|leader1_name=Michael Duncan|leader2_title=Assistant President-Generals|leader2_name=Raymond Dugue<br>Ogu Idakwoji<br>Charles Butler<br>Qahir Asarra-Khan|leader3_title=Secretary General|leader3_name=Brenda Amoakon|founders=[[Marcus Garvey]], [[Amy Ashwood Garvey]]|newspaper=Garvey's Voice<br>[[Negro World]]|political_orientation=[[Garveyism]]<br>[[Black Nationalism]]<br>[[Pan-Africanism]]|slogan=Africa for the Africans, those at home and those abroad.|website=https://www.unia-aclgovernment.com/}} | {{Infobox political party|name=Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League|logo=UNIA Logo.png|founded=1914|abbreviation=UNIA-ACL|standing_committee=High Executive Council|leader1_title=President-General|leader1_name=Michael Duncan|leader2_title=Assistant President-Generals|leader2_name=Raymond Dugue<br>Ogu Idakwoji<br>Charles Butler<br>Qahir Asarra-Khan|leader3_title=Secretary General|leader3_name=Brenda Amoakon|founders=[[Marcus Garvey]], [[Amy Ashwood Garvey]]|newspaper=Garvey's Voice<br>[[Negro World]]|wing1_title=Women's Wing|wing1=[[Universal African Black Cross Nurses]]|wing2_title=Paramilitary Wing|wing2=[[Universal African Legion]]|political_orientation=[[Garveyism]]<br>[[Black Nationalism]]<br>[[Pan-Africanism]]|slogan=Africa for the Africans, those at home and those abroad.|website=https://www.unia-aclgovernment.com/}} | ||
The '''Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League''' ('''UNIA-ACL''') is a [[Garveyite]] political organization founded by [[Marcus Garvey]], a Jamaican immigrant to the United States, and Amy Ashwood Garvey. At it's peak, the UNIA-ACL had established branches and chapters from the United States to India and was running numerous newspapers in the European colonies in Africa, many of which were the first black-owned media outlets since European colonization. The UNIA's revolutionary and ambitious program, which was the first to call for the unification of the Negro communities of the world under the United States of Africa, came to shape modern day Pan-African political discourse. One of the organization's most famous work was the ''Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World'', which contains a denunciation of white supremacy and calls for the self-determination of black communities. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA-ACL carries a long list of political influences, containing figures such as George Padmore, Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Seku Ture, Muammar Gaddafi, Malcolm X, | The '''Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League''' ('''UNIA-ACL''') is a [[Garveyite]] political organization founded by [[Marcus Garvey]], a [[Jamaica|Jamaican]] immigrant to the [[United States of America|United States]], and Amy Ashwood Garvey. At it's peak, the UNIA-ACL had established branches and chapters from the United States to [[Republic of India|India]] and was running numerous newspapers in the European [[Colonialism|colonies]] in [[Africa]], many of which were the first black-owned media outlets since European colonization. The UNIA's revolutionary and ambitious program, which was the first to call for the unification of the Negro communities of the world under the United States of Africa, came to shape modern day Pan-African political discourse. One of the organization's most famous work was the ''Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World'', which contains a denunciation of [[white supremacy]] and calls for the [[self-determination]] of black communities. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA-ACL carries a long list of political influences, containing figures such as [[George Padmore]], [[Kwame Nkrumah]], [[Patrice Lumumba]], [[Seku Ture]], [[Muammar Gaddafi]], [[Malcolm X]], etc. | ||
== Founding == | |||
== Rise and fall of the UNIA == | |||
== Ideology of the UNIA-ACL == | |||
== Structure == | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Black nationalist organizations]] | |||
[[Category:Garveyism]] | |||
[[Category:Pan-Africanist organizations]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:02, 25 October 2024
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League | |
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| Abbreviation | UNIA-ACL |
| Standing Committee | High Executive Council |
| President-General | Michael Duncan |
| Assistant President-Generals | Raymond Dugue Ogu Idakwoji Charles Butler Qahir Asarra-Khan |
| Secretary General | Brenda Amoakon |
| Founders | Marcus Garvey, Amy Ashwood Garvey |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Newspaper | Garvey's Voice Negro World |
| Women's Wing | Universal African Black Cross Nurses |
| Paramilitary Wing | Universal African Legion |
| Political orientation | Garveyism Black Nationalism Pan-Africanism |
| Slogan | Africa for the Africans, those at home and those abroad. |
| Website | |
| https://www.unia-aclgovernment.com/ | |
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) is a Garveyite political organization founded by Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant to the United States, and Amy Ashwood Garvey. At it's peak, the UNIA-ACL had established branches and chapters from the United States to India and was running numerous newspapers in the European colonies in Africa, many of which were the first black-owned media outlets since European colonization. The UNIA's revolutionary and ambitious program, which was the first to call for the unification of the Negro communities of the world under the United States of Africa, came to shape modern day Pan-African political discourse. One of the organization's most famous work was the Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World, which contains a denunciation of white supremacy and calls for the self-determination of black communities. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA-ACL carries a long list of political influences, containing figures such as George Padmore, Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Seku Ture, Muammar Gaddafi, Malcolm X, etc.