Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist who founded and served as first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. A black nationalist and Pan-Africanist whose ideas are known as Garveyism, he founded the People's Political Party in Jamaica in 1929 and was convicted of mail fraud in the United States in 1923; his ideas later influenced movements including Rastafari and the Nation of Islam.
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1. Marcus Garvey - Wikipedia (Wikipedia)
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (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. Ideologically a black nationalist and Pan-Africanist, Garvey's ideas are known as Garveyism.
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 1887 - 10 June 1940)
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Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist who founded and served as first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa.
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