Life of Marcus Garvey

In nearly all matters relating to the resurgence of black people, in this country and abroad, there is a reconsideration of this man [Garvey] and his program for the redemption of people of African descent throughout the world. His dream, which seemed impossible in his lifetime, is now the stimulation for a new Black Nationalism, which in his terms is really Black Nationhood. His prophecy has been fulfilled in the independence explosion that brought more than thirty African nations into being. The concept of Black Power that he advocated, using other terms, is now a reality in large areas of the world where the people of African origin are predominant.2

With such a broad and colorful life, however, one is hard pressed to limit a study such as this. Garvey was at once a poet, politician, philosopher, and charismatic leader. Moreover, he was a dreamer and planner of almost unequal prose. However, like many brilliant dreamers in history, Garvey was ahead of his time. His writings have inspired countless people in their search for identity, but historical circumstances, mostly created by the imperialistic or colonial powers of the early twentieth century, cons

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insist that he had not come to interfere with local political, simply to tour the island. Cuban officials had the power to stringently deal with both Garvey and his supporters. In a March 4, 1921 interview in the Havana newspaper El Heraldo de Cuba, Garvey stated: I do not have the intention of interfering in the internal affairs of this country. I'm only trying to get the support of the Cuban Negroes to achieve the understanding among all the Negroes in the worlds and the social and economic progress of us all. . . The problems of American Negroes and the Cuban Negroes are essentially different although both have in common, the racial problem. I believe that to solve different problems each of them must use the appropriate procedure, but the end that I'm following is common to all Negroes. However, since both the Black Star Line, the Negro Factories Corporation, and UNIA's Liberian movement were hot news topics, Garvey continued his interview, mistakenly alienating supporters from both the right and the left by commenting: It is a mistake to suppose that I want to take the Negroes to Africa. I believe that the American Negroes have helped to establish the North American civilization and, therefore, have a perfect right
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Approximate Word count = 9058
Approximate Pages = 36 (250 words per page)