Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), a black man from the West Indies, was the first to forcefully articulate the concept of African nationalism--of black people returning to Africa, the continent of their forefathers, to build a great nation of their...

As an activist who promoted Black pride, Marcus Garvey founded one of the largest mass movements of Black Americans. Garvey's United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) offered new hope for working-class Blacks in the 1920s. At the same time,...

GARVEY, MARCUS. Marcus Mosiah Garvey (August 17, 1887–June 10, 1940), the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), led the largest mass movement among African Americans and can be regarded as one of the founding fathers of...

Born August 17, 1887 St. Anns Bay, Jamaica Died June 10, 1940 London, England Leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which preached black pride and advocated a return to Africa Marcus...

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., National Hero of Jamaica (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940), was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black nationalist, orator, and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League...

THE DECISION of the elected D.C. Board of Education formally to consider revoking the charter of the Marcus Garvey Public Charter School is easy to follow. The question faced squarely by the board was not concerned with the quality of the school's curriculum, classroom...

AFTER HEARING testimony from both sides concerning the altercation at the Marcus Garvey Charter School last December, D.C. Superior Court Judge Truman A. Morrison III had little trouble reaching a verdict. His decision in the three-week nonjury trial boiled down to a question of...

On Saturday nights in summer, hundreds of fingers pound out mesmerizing rhythms on African drums _ a ritual repeated for decades in Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park.This year, the drums have a counterpoint: the complaints of "new Harlemites.""African drumming is wonderful for the first four hours,...

Invoking a racially charged controversy, Democrat Barack Obama told a Harlem fundraiser Thursday that he deplored the fact that hanging nooses and "Jena Six" cases are still found in America and that if elected president he could be counted on to enforce civil rights laws.Obama's...