Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH, was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a proponent of the Pan-Africanism movement, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He also founded the Black Star Line, a shipping and passenger line which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands...
NationalityJamaican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth17 August 1887
CitySaint Ann's Bay, Jamaica
CountryJamaica
Glorious shall be the battle when the time comes to fight for our people and our race.
If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a greater and more dangerous Marcus Garvey is yet to appear, the Garvey with whom you will have to reckon for the injustice of the present generation.
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be killed. Get organized and you will compel the world to respect you.
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
You must not mistake lip-service and noise for bravery and service.
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned for the day of deliverance is at hand!
Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righteousness.