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I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.
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Birth: | 17th August, 1887 |
Death: | 10th June, 1940 |
Nationality: | Jamaican |
Profession: | Journalist, Publisher |
Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.
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