Garvey and Garveyism - Softcover

Garvey, A.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 002032670X ISBN 13: 9780020326700

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1973

Synopsis

More than 40 years ago, Marcus Garvey, a Negro zionist from Jamaica, led a bloodless revolution. Its slgan was "Africa for Africans" Garveyism was the first nationalist movement in history

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Amy Jacques Garvey (1896-1973) was a leading Pan-Africanist and Black Nationalist, as well as the wife of Marcus Garvey, and founder of the United Negro Improvement Association and the African Communities' League (UNIA-ACL). Born in Jamaica, Amy Jacques moved to the United States in 1917, became a committed Garveyite and Garvey's personal secretary. She later served as Secretary General of the UNIA, and as a columnist for the organization's paper, the Negro World. She married Garvey in 1922 and provided key leadership for the UNIA during his imprisonment and later expulsion from the United States. Following his death in 1940, Mrs. Garvey, then living in Jamaica, raised their two sons, Marcus, Jr., and Julius, and continued to support African leaders and Pan-Africanist organizations. In addition to preserving critical documents on the Garvey movement, she authored essential books on Marcus Garvey and the movement he led, including "The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Garvey and Garveyism, " and "Black Power in America." Writing as a participant and confidant, Amy Jacques Garvey's perspective continues to provide an intimate and first-person narrative of the Garvey movement and this important nascent period of Black Nationalism.
John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) published over 50 short stories in the United States and abroad. His best known short story, "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black," has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His articles and conference papers on African and African American history and culture have been published in leading journals throughout the world. He served as a staff member of five different publications and was the co-founder and associate editor of the "Harlem Quarterly" (1949-1950). Among the many books he wrote or edited are "American Negro Short Stories, William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond" (also published as "The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner), Malcolm X: The Man and His Time, Harlem USA, " and "African People in World History."
Julius Garvey is the youngest son of Amy Jacques Garvey and Marcus Garvey. He is a cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon. He lives in Sea Cliff, NY.

About this edition

• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 002032670X
• ISBN 13: 9780020326700
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1