Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers - Hardcover

Garvey, Marcus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520062140 ISBN 13: 9780520062146

Publisher: University of California Press, 1987

Synopsis

"I do not speak carelessly or recklessly but with a definite object of helping the people, especially those of my race, to know, to understand, and to realize themselves."—Marcus Garvey, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1937

A popular companion to the scholarly edition of The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, this volume is a collection of autobiographical and philosophical works produced by Garvey in the period from his imprisonment in Atlanta to his death in London in 1940.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'The Marcus Garvey Papers lays the groundwork for a long over-due reassessment of Marcus Garvey and the legacy of racial pride, nationalism and concern with Africa he bequeathed to today's black community.'-Eric Foner, The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Robert A. Hill is Associate Professor of History at UCLA and director of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project [African Studies Center], for which Barbara Bair serves as associate editor.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0520062140
• ISBN 13: 9780520062146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Hill Robert A., Blair Barbara