Marcus Garvey's Migration To The Black Community
Marcus Garvey born in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica in 1887. When he immigrated to the United states he founded the largest black nationalist organization in the world, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A). His hope was to use this organization as a reform association dedicated to racial equality and the establishment of educational and industrial opportunities for blacks. To do this he held meetings and traveled across the states giving speeches to the black community. He also helped to found the Black Star Line with the help of U.N.I.A. The Black Star Line was founded with the purpose of transporting manufacture\d goods, raw materials, and produce among black businesses in North America, the Caribbean, and Africa, and become