THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Garvey called for a violent overthrow of the American government
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Garvey called for all African Americans to move to Chicago and form an independent city-state
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Garvey called for all African Americans to leave the US and return to Africa
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Under Garveyism, Garvey believed he was a demi-god who ought to be worshiped by all Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Marcus Garvey and his organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), represent the largest mass movement in African-American history. Proclaiming a black nationalist “Back to Africa” message, Garvey and the UNIA established 700 branches in thirty-eight states by the early 1920s.
Detailed explanation-4: -Content at first with accommodation, on his return to Jamaica, he aspired to open a Tuskegee-type industrial training school. In 1916 he came to America at Booker T. Washington’s invitation, but arrived just after Washington died. Garvey arrived in America at the dawn of the “New Negro” era.