MARCUS GARVEY

MARCUS GARVEY

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Marcus Garvey:  born on August 17, 1887 in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, to Marcus and Sarah (Richards) Garvey.

Education: Public and Private Schools, Jamaica, British West Indies.

Married: Amy Ashwood, December 25, 1919, divorced, June, 1922

                 Amy Jacques, July, 1922

He was a printer, editor, lecturer, clerk. Organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies in 1914. Lectured in the United States, 1917-18. Organized Universal Negro Improvement Association in New York, 1918. Founder and Editor of the Negro World, 1918-23. Organized the Black Star Line Steamship Company in 1919. He organized other organizations:

Negro Factories Corporation

Africas Communities League

President General, Universal Negro

Improvement Association, 1919-23

1927- Deported to Jamaica after serving a prison term in the Atlants Federal Penitetiary on charges that he had used the United States mail to defraud prospective investors.

From 1927 to 1935 he returned to Jamica and was involved in politics but to no great extent.

1935-1940 - He lived in England.

1940 - He passed away in london.