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Marcus Garvey

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Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!


— Marcus Garvey


#africa #home

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.


— Marcus Garvey


#consequences #earnest #men #who

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.


— Marcus Garvey


#history #knowledge #like #origin #past

Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.


— Marcus Garvey


#based #educationally #else #founded #industrially

Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.


— Marcus Garvey


#crowned #king #look #will

The whole world is run on bluff.


— Marcus Garvey


#run #whole #world

There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.


— Marcus Garvey


#liberty #problem #race #race problem #shall

I like honesty and fair play.


— Marcus Garvey


#fair play #honesty #i #like #play

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.


— Marcus Garvey


#me #storm #whirlwind

Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.


— Marcus Garvey


#mighty #race #up #will #you






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Yarmouth and its rechristening as the S. Sometime in 1900 Garvey entered into an apprenticeship with his uncle Alfred Burrowes who also had an extensive library of which young Marcus made good use. Malcolm X's parents Earl and Louise Little met at a UNIA convention in Montreal.

The intent of the movement was for those of African ancestry to "redeem" Africa and for the European colonial powers to leave it. Garvey was unique in advancing a Pan-African philosophy to inspire a global mass movement and economic empowerment focusing on Africa known as Garveyism. Promoted by the UNIA as a movement of African Redemption Garveyism would eventually inspire others ranging from the Nation of Islam to the Rastafari movement (which proclaims Garvey as a prophet).

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