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Garvey

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Gar·vey  (gärv), Marcus (Moziah) Aurelius 1887-1940.
Jamaican Black nationalist active in America in the 1920s. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1914) and later urged African Americans to establish an independent country in Africa.
Garvey [ˈgɑːvɪ]
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(Biographies / Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940) M, Jamaican, POLITICS: Black nationalist leader) Marcus. 1887-1940, Jamaican Black nationalist leader, active in the US He founded (1914) the Universal Negro Improvement Association and led the Back-to-Africa movement: gaoled for fraud (1925-27)


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