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Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887)

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Marcus Garvey

Jamaican activist and orator (1887–1940)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. Garvey was…
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Black Star Line

Defunct Garveyist American shipping company

The Black Star Line (1919–1922) was a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey, the organizer of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and other members of the UNIA. The shipping line was created to facilitate the transportation of goods and eventually African…
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