Marcus Garvey #1303

Caption from poster__      " A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."  " I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there."   Marcus Mosiah Garvey National Hero of Jamaica (August 17, 1887– June 10, 1940) was a publisher, journalist,entrepreneur, Black nationalist, and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Garvey, born in St. Ann's Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, is best remembered as an important proponent of the Back-to-Africa movement, which encouraged those of African descent to return to their ancestral homelands. This movement would eventually inspire other movements, ranging from the Nation of Islam, to the Rastafari movement, which proclaims Garvey to be a prophet. Garvey said he wanted those of African ancestry to "redeem" Africa and for the Eur