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Marcus Garvey Research Paper

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr was the advocate of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movement, in which it was inspiring the nation of the Islam and also the Rastafarian movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887 in Saint Ann’s Bay. He was the youngest among eleven children. His family was finally stable, his mother Sarah Jane Richards was working as a domestic worker and his father Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr Mason had a large library and it encouraged Marcus Jr to gain love for reading books. During his early youth age he attended an elementary school there in St Ann’s Bay that’s where he began to experience racism by 1903 Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr travelled to Kingston, Jamaica and as soon as he got there he became involved in unions activities. In 1912 when he returned to Jamaica he formed the universal Negro improvement Association known as U.N.I.A movement his aim in forming this was to great unity amongst all the Africans in order for the to establish a country with their …show more content…

Each of the newspapers front page had some messages from Marcus Garvey. By the age of 32 in 1919, Marcus got married to Amy Ashwood Garvey which was the first wife and she was also the founder of UNIA and also she was an active member of pan- Africanist, she was a social worker and an activist for women’s rights, but their marriage did not last so they got divorced by 1922. During the very same year Marcus Garvey got married again to Amy Jacques Garvey and she was working as his secretary general, they had two sons by the names of Marcus Mosiah Garvey III born in 17 September 1930 and the second son was born in 17 September 1933, his name was Julius Winston. His second wife played a very important role in his

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