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Marcus Garvey
1887 – 1940
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMarcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 17, 1887
Saint Ann's Bay
Date of death
June 10, 1940
West Kensington
Citizenship
Colony of Jamaica
Occupations & fields
journalistentrepreneurpoliticianprintersociologistreligious leader
Awards & honours
Order of National HeroNational Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame
- Field and occupation
- novinář a podnikatel
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