USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. 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-2: -Garvey believed people of African descent could establish a great independent nation in their ancient homeland of Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marcus Garvey famously wrote: “A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots”

Detailed explanation-4: -Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), one of the most influential 20th Century black nationalist and Pan-Africanist leaders, was born on August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Greatly influenced by Booker T.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association of the 1910s and 1920s was the most powerful black nationalist movement to date, claiming millions of members. Garvey’s movement was opposed by mainline black leaders, and crushed by government action.