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Birth of Marcus Garvey
Garvey was the last of 11 childern born to Marcus Garvey, Sr. and Sarah Jane Richards. He was born August 17, 1887 in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. -
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Life of Marcus Garvey
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Printer's Apprentice
Garvey became a printers apprentice at the age of 14. -
Union Activities
Garvey travled to Kingston, Jamaica and became involved in the union activities. -
Printers Strike
Garvey took part in an unsucessful printers strike. The experience in the strink is what led him to further political activism. -
Newspaper Editor
He travled he traveled throughout Central America working as an newspaper editor and writing about the exploitation of migrant workers in the plantations. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Garvey Returned to Jamaca and founded the UNIA with the goal of uniting all of African diaspora to "establish a country and absolute government of their own." -
Travles to America
Garvey Tarvels to America and settles in New York City, where he formed a UNIA chapter in Harlem. -
Negro World
Garvey began publishing the widely distributed newspaper Negro World to convey his message of a separatist philosophy of social, political, and economic freedom for blacks -
Black Star Line
Garvey and UNIA had launched the Black Star Line, a shipping company that would establish trade and commerce between Africans in America, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Canada and Africa. At the same time, Garvey started the Negros Factories Association, a series of companies that would manufacture marketable commodities in every big industrial center in the Western hemisphere and Africa. -
Mail Fraud
Garvey and three others were charged with mail fraud -
Prison Time
Garvey was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison. -
Deportation
Garvey was released from prison and deported back to Jamacia -
Continuning His Work
Garvey continued the work of the UNIA from Jamacia and then from London, where he moved to in 1935. However, he didnt command the same support that he used to have. -
Death
Garvey died in London on June 10, 1940, after several strokes.