UNIA-ACL

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UNIA-ACL is a Black nationalist and Pan-African organization founded by Marcus Garvey in the early 20th century to promote racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and unity among people of African descent worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Black nationalist organization
Pan-African organization
mass membership organization
adoptedDocument Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World NERFINISHED
advocated Black economic cooperatives
Black-controlled businesses
political self-determination for people of African descent
alsoKnownAs African Communities League NERFINISHED
coFoundedBy Amy Ashwood Garvey NERFINISHED
coreGoal promote economic self-sufficiency for people of African descent
promote global unity of people of African descent
promote racial pride among people of African descent
work for the redemption of Africa
countryOfOrigin Jamaica
estimatedMembership millions worldwide
foundedBy Marcus Garvey NERFINISHED
foundedInCity Kingston NERFINISHED
foundedInCountry Jamaica NERFINISHED
foundedInYear 1914
fullName Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League NERFINISHED
hadAuxiliary Black Star Line NERFINISHED
hadDivisionIn Africa NERFINISHED
Caribbean NERFINISHED
Central America NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
headquartersCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation New York City
historicalEra early 20th century
ideology Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism NERFINISHED
racial uplift
influenced African independence movements
Black Power movement NERFINISHED
later Pan-African movements
membershipRestrictedTo people of African descent
movedHeadquartersTo Harlem NERFINISHED
operatedIn Harlem, New York NERFINISHED
organizedConventions International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World NERFINISHED
peakMembershipPeriod early 1920s
promotedProgram Back-to-Africa movement NERFINISHED
promotedSymbol red-black-green flag
publishedNewspaper Negro World NERFINISHED
shortName UNIA NERFINISHED
UNIA-ACL NERFINISHED
slogan One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
typeOfMovement grassroots mass movement

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