Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa.

Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) was a Jamaican-born Black leader who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement after World War I. He urged Black Americans to be proud of their identity, and he called for an independent Black economy.

Jan 22, 2025 · Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Pan-African movement and Jamaica’s first national hero, received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025.The pardon, achieved through decades of advocacy and the successful lobbying of the Congressional Black Caucus, is just the start of righting a historical wrong in an effort to restore Garvey’s legacy and reaffirm ...

Sep 15, 2020 · Garvey was known as the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Formed in Jamaica in July 1914, the UNIA aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration of African history and culture.

6 days ago · Marcus Garvey was granted a posthumous pardon by former President Joe Biden on his last full day in office, January 19. The late Jamaican-born activist, who was a prominent proponent of Black ...

In 1914, he started the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), in Jamaica. The UNIA, which grew into an international organisation, encouraged self-government for black people worldwide; self-help economic projects and protest against racial discrimination.

1 day ago · Marcus Garvey was born on Aug. 17, 1887, in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. In 1914, he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Two years later, he traveled to the United States where his ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Community leaders, elected officials, members of the Jamaican diplomatic corps, and organisations in the United States (US) and Canada, have reacted with joy and delight at US President Joe Biden’s granting of a posthumous pardon to …

Nov 9, 2009 · Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect people of African descent worldwide.

Jan 20, 2025 · Now, the Jamaican-born black nationalist who led the largest economic and social mass movement of Blacks in the U.S. and hailed as the “Negro Moses” has finally found justice. It came...