Black Fact = 1887 (August 17) – Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements was born on this day in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamiaca.
Born in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey was an orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Garvey advanced a Pan-African philosophy which inspired a global mass movement, known as Garveyism. Garveyism would eventually inspire others, from the Nation of Islam to the Rastafari movement.
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