Marcus+Garvey

Marcus Garvey By: Catherine Nunez 8-41

Marcus Garvey created the UNIA. The UNIA is the Universal Negro Improvement Association which was dedicated to promoting Africans- American and resettlement in Africa. He was born August 17, 1887 in St. Ann's bay, Jamaica.His mother, Sarah Jane Richards was a domestic worker and a farmer and had eleven children, Marcus was the last. His father was a stone mason. When Marcus was 14 years old he became a printers apprentice. In 1907, Marcus was elected vice president of compositors' branch of the printers' union. He helped lead a printer's strike in and after it collapsed the union crumbled. In 1901 Marcus moved to england and studied at Birbeck College. While he was at Beirbeck College he met other black people that also wanted to gain independence from the British Empire. Marcus returnd to Jamiaca and was inspred by those people and established the UNIA. During that time he also published The Negro Race And Its Problems. Marcus goals for the UNIA was to African American gain economic and political power by educating themselves. He also supported separation independence from whites. By 1919 Marcus orginization was very popular and had 30 branches and over 2 million members. Marcus continued making conventions of the UNIA and sadly died in June 10, 1940 in London.  