USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In addition to his support of Pan-Africanism, Marcus Garvey was a Black nationalist and believed in racial separatism. This made him a controversial figure in and out of the Black community, especially as he challenged major thought leader W.E.B Du Bois.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ultimately, Garvey argued, all black people in the world should return to their homeland in Africa, which should be free of white colonial rule. Garvey had grand plans for settling black Americans in Liberia, the only country in Africa governed by Africans.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the United States, he was a noted civil rights activist who founded the Negro World newspaper, a shipping company called Black Star Line and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, or UNIA, a fraternal organization of black nationalists.

Detailed explanation-5: -Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!