Sunday, November 20, 2011

Garvey and Garveyism

Garvey, Amy Jacques, Garvey and Garveyism, Mona Rd., Kingston: A. Jacques Garvey, 1963. [Dedicated to Dr. Mathews in the author's writing, and dated 1964.]

See Amy Jacques Garvey Feminist Black Nationalist.

Amy Jacques Garvey (December 31, 1895 July 25, 1973), Poet, activist, leader, feminist, civil rights leader. Those are just a sample of titles Amy Jacques Garvey earned though out her life. Everything she got in her life she earned herself. She was a self-made woman. Despite her famous husband she continued his legacy but she is noteworthy in her own right. The second wife of Marcus Garvey: she is the Co-Founder and First President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A). She is credited for saving Marcus Garvey's philosophy from ruin by telling youth about it for years after his death. She published 3 books.

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