The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey.If Spike Lee does the right thing in his new film and gives more than a passing nod to Malcolm X's roots, then Marcus Garvey will get his largest public exposure since the 1920s. Malcolm's father and mother were devout members of Garvey's organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Organization founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914. Organized in Jamaica, it was influential in urban African American neighbourhoods in the U.S. after Garvey's arrival in New York City in 1916. . The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey--the great race leader, who was born in Jamaica and came to the United States in 1916 -- places under one cover his pertinent and provocative ideas. Edited by his second wife, Amy Jacques-Garvey, this sixth reissue of the book is a patchwork collection of epigrams, speeches, newspaper articles, essays and gems of expression --"Africa for the Africans at home and abroad"--that made Garvey so quotable quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot . A complex, flamboyant Pan-Africanist, Garvey was a fiery orator ORATOR, practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin, Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19.. 2. , attracting 2 million to 4 million followers and sympathizers to his movement at its peak in 1922. In 1925, Garvey's steady political ascendancy was dashed when he was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. for mail fraud. He served two years in the U.S. Penitentiary penitentiary: see prison. at Atlanta, was pardoned by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and deportted back to Jamaica. Garvey died of pneumonia in London in 1940. Fie was 53 years old at the time of his death. The careful reader can glean much of Garvey's background and personality from his debates with W.E.B. DuBois and other detractors. The trajectory of Garvey's political thought was unpredictable. Nothing was more troubling than his disingenuous alliance with white supremacists. The book's introduction says Garvey's flirtation with white racists was opportunistic and part of his appeal to white America during his incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. . It is also disturbing that he endorsed concepts such as fascism, colonization and imperialism, albeit from an African viewpoint. Nonetheless, Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president and an ardent Pan-Africanist, often said no book influenced him as much as the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey. Herb Boyd Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey; Alheneum, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , 1992, 448pp, $16 |
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