Negro with a Hat: Marcus Garvey book by Colin Grant
By Colin GrantNegro with a Hat: Marcus Garvey book by Colin Grant
Marcus Mosiah Garvey was once the most famous black man on earth. A brilliant orator who electrified his audiences, he inspired thousands to join his "Back to Africa" movement, aiming to create an independent homeland through Pan-African emigration--yet he was barred from the continent by colonial powers. This self-educated, poetry-writing aesthete was a shrewd promoter whose use of pageantry fired the imagination of his followers. At the pinnacle of his fame in the early 1920s, Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association boasted millions of members in more than forty countries, and he was an influential champion of the Harlem Renaissance. J. Edgar Hoover was so alarmed by Garvey that he labored for years to prosecute him, finally using dubious charges for which Garvey served several years in an Atlanta prison. This biography restores Garvey to his place as one of the founders of black nationalism and a key figure of the 20th century.--From publisher description.
Book details
- Paperback
- 559 pages
- English
- 0195393090
- 9780195393095
About Colin Grant
colin grant is an independent historian who works for bbc radio. the son of jamaican parents, he lives in london. Read More about Colin Grant
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