Negro with a hat : the rise and fall of Marcus Garvey

The Resource Negro with a hat : the rise and fall of Marcus Garvey
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Negro with a hat : the rise and fall of Marcus Garvey
Title remainder
the rise and fall of Marcus Garvey
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Colin Grant
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Language
eng
Summary
Marcus Mosiah Garvey was once the most famous black man on earth. A brilliant orator who electrified his audiences, he inspired thousands to join his "Back to Africa" movement, aiming to create an independent homeland through Pan-African emigration--yet he was barred from the continent by colonial powers. This self-educated, poetry-writing aesthete was a shrewd promoter whose use of pageantry fired the imagination of his followers. At the pinnacle of his fame in the early 1920s, Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association boasted millions of members in more than forty countries, and he was an influential champion of the Harlem Renaissance. J. Edgar Hoover was so alarmed by Garvey that he labored for years to prosecute him, finally using dubious charges for which Garvey served several years in an Atlanta prison. This biography restores Garvey to his place as one of the founders of black nationalism and a key figure of the 20th century.--From publisher description
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 320.5/4092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.97.G3
LC item number
G73 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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