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This 6 page
report discusses the life and accomplishments of Marcus Mosiah
Garvey who, between 1916 and 1927, led the largest movement in
history against racism, against the domination of blacks by
whites everywhere. Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro
Improvement Association (UNIA) serve as a meaningful connecting
point for understanding black America’s centuries-long battle for
liberty, fairness, and equality. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
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in history against racism, against the domination of blacks by whites everywhere. Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) serve as a meaningful connecting point for understanding
black Americas centuries-long battle for liberty, fairness, and equality. As the leader of the largest organized mass movement in black history and forerunner of the contemporary thinking of "black
is beautiful," Garvey is primarily remembered as the leading advocate of the back-to-Africa movement. In his day, countless African Americans thought of him as a redeemer or a "Black Moses."
Even though Garvey and the UNIA were unable to realize all of their objectives, the movement still represents an important historical aspect of the fight for liberation from the
psychological and social subjugation of projections of racial inferiority. Post World War I According to Watson (2000): "The years following World War I were filled with disillusionment for American blacks.
U.S. involvement in that war encouraged a new wave of African-American migration out of the South. As northern industries supplied the needs of the Allies and with European immigration closed
off, the nation had a demand for both skilled and unskilled labor. Black hopes raised by these opportunities were dashed as relations between the races worsened in the 1920s" (pp.
64). Information from the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project at UCLA also explains the impact of Garvey in other parts of the Western world. "In
the Caribbean, what has been termed the Garvey phenomenon resulted from an encounter between the highly developed tradition of racial consciousness in the African-American community, and the West Indian aspiration
toward independence. It was the Caribbean ideal of self-government that provided Garvey with his vocabulary of racial independence. Moreover, Garvey combined the social and political aspirations of the Caribbean people
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