The veiled Garvey : the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey

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Label

The veiled Garvey : the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey

Title remainder

the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey

Statement of responsibility

Ula Yvette Taylor

Creator

• Taylor, Ula Y

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• African American women political activists -- Biography
• Black nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Electronic books
• Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Feminists -- United States -- Biography
• Garvey, Amy Jacques
• African American women -- Political activity | History -- 20th century
• Pan-Africanism -- History -- 20th century
• Political activists -- United States -- Biography
• Women intellectuals -- United States -- Biography
• Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the twentieth century: Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973). Born in Jamaica, Amy Jacques moved in 1917 to Harlem, where she became involved in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest Pan-African organization of its time. She served as the private secretary of UNIA leader Marcus Garvey; in 1922, they married. Soon after, she began to give speeches and to publish editorials urging black women to participate in the Pan-African movement and addressing issues that affected people of African descent across the globe. After her husband's death in 1940, Jacques Garvey emerged as a gifted organizer for the Pan-African cause. Although she faced considerable male chauvinism, she persisted in creating a distinctive feminist voice within the movement. In her final decades, Jacques Garvey constructed a thriving network of Pan-African contacts, including Nnamdi Azikiwe, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Taylor examines the many roles Jacques Garvey played throughout her life, as feminist, black nationalist, journalist, daughter, mother, and wife. Tracing her political and intellectual evolution, the book illuminates the leadership and enduring influence of this remarkable activist

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

• 305.896/073/0092
• B

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Gender & American culture

Target audience

adult