Marcus Garvey

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Black nationalist Pan-Africanist activist entrepreneur human journalist orator political leader publisher

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, Black nationalist, and Pan-Africanist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and inspired movements for Black pride and self-determination worldwide.

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Garvey 1
Marcus Mosiah Garvey 1
President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association 1

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instanceOf Black nationalist ⓘ
Pan-Africanist ⓘ
activist ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
orator ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
birthDate 1887-08-17 ⓘ
birthPlace St. Mary Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica
burialPlace National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
deathDate 1940-06-10 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Jamaican ⓘ
familyName Marcus Garvey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Garvey
fieldOfWork anti-colonialism ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
founded Black Star Line ⓘ
Negro World ⓘ
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League ⓘ
fullName Marcus Garvey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Mosiah Garvey
gender male ⓘ
givenName Marcus ⓘ
honor Declared a National Hero of Jamaica ⓘ
inspired Black Power movement ⓘ
Civil rights activists in the United States ⓘ
Nation of Islam ⓘ
Rastafari movement ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
Black Power movement ⓘ
surface form: Black nationalism

Pan-Africanism ⓘ
notableIdea African diaspora unity ⓘ
economic self-reliance ⓘ
racial pride ⓘ
return to Africa ⓘ
notableWork Negro World newspaper ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, United Kingdom
positionHeld Marcus Garvey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City

Kingston ⓘ
surface form: Kingston, Jamaica

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, United Kingdom
spouse Amy Ashwood Garvey ⓘ
Amy Jacques Garvey ⓘ

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Marcus Garvey → familyName → Marcus Garvey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garvey
Marcus Garvey → fullName → Marcus Garvey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marcus Mosiah Garvey
African-American history → hasKeyFigure → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Bobo Ashanti → hasKeyFigure → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Pan-Africanism → hasNotableProponent → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
National Heroes Day in Jamaica → honors → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
subject surface form: National Heroes Day (Jamaica)
Burning Spear → influencedBy → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah → influencedBy → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Rastafari movement → inspiredBy → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Marcus Garvey Park → namedAfter → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Burning Spear → notableAlbum → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Burning Spear → notableWork → Marcus Garvey ⓘ
Marcus Garvey → positionHeld → Marcus Garvey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association