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Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader,
publisher,
journalist,
entrepreneur, and
orator who was a staunch proponent of the
Black nationalism and
Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (
UNIA-ACL).
[2] He founded the
Black Star Line, part of the
Back-to-Africa movement, which promoted the return of the
African diaspora to their ancestral lands.
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Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Political Leader
Profile courtesy of BBC History
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