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Marcus Garvey | |
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Portrait of Marcus Garvey | |
Born | 17 August 1887 Saint Ann's Bay, Colony of Jamaica |
Died | 10 June 1940 (aged 52) London, United Kingdom |
Cause of death | Natural Causes |
Political orientation | Garveyism |
Political party | Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League |
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was a prominent civil rights activist and early proponent of Pan-Africanism who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League and was the organization's first President-General. The organization hailed him as the Provisional President of Africa, and his ideas which became foundational to the Pan-African movement became known as Garveyism