Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey Jr. was born on August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. At age 14, Marcus became a printer’s apprentice. In 1903, he traveled to Kingston, Jamaica and became involved with union activities. In 1907, he took part in an unsuccessful printer’s strike and the experience gave him a passion for political activism. Three years later, he traveled throughout Central America working as a newspaper editor and writing about exploitation of immigrant workers in plantations. Later, he traveled to London where he attended Birkbeck College and worked for the African Times and Orient Review, which promoted Pan-African nationalism.
A few years later Marcus corresponded with Booker T. Washington, who founded Tuskegee Institute. He eventually became a social activist and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. The Universal Negro Improvement Association was dedicated to promoting African Americans in the workplace and resettlement in Africa.
Marcus launched several businesses to promote a separate black nation. Afterward he was convicted of mail fraud and was deported back to Jamaica. Marcus continued his work for black repatriation to Africa. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA later launched the Black Star Line, a shipping company that would establish trade and commerce between Africans and America, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Canada, and Africa. During this time, Garvey started the Negros Factories Association which were a series of companies that manufactured marketable commodities in every big industrial center in the Western hemisphere and Africa. In 1940, Marcus Garvey died in London of stroke.
A few years later Marcus corresponded with Booker T. Washington, who founded Tuskegee Institute. He eventually became a social activist and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. The Universal Negro Improvement Association was dedicated to promoting African Americans in the workplace and resettlement in Africa.
Marcus launched several businesses to promote a separate black nation. Afterward he was convicted of mail fraud and was deported back to Jamaica. Marcus continued his work for black repatriation to Africa. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA later launched the Black Star Line, a shipping company that would establish trade and commerce between Africans and America, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Canada, and Africa. During this time, Garvey started the Negros Factories Association which were a series of companies that manufactured marketable commodities in every big industrial center in the Western hemisphere and Africa. In 1940, Marcus Garvey died in London of stroke.