This document provides an overview of Marcus Garvey's life and accomplishments. It discusses his childhood in Jamaica, his move to the United States where he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, and his Back to Africa movement advocating for black empowerment and black nationalism. It also describes the Black Star Line shipping company he created to facilitate transportation for African Americans back to Africa, which ultimately went bankrupt contributing to his decline. The document concludes with some tributes given to Garvey for his work advocating for black rights and empowerment.
The Rastafari religion developed in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1920s and 30s. In an environment of great poverty, depression, racism and class discrimination, the Rasta message of black pride, freedom from oppression, and the hope of return to the African homeland was gratefully received. Rastafari belief is has been heavily influenced by African tradition and culture as well as the Bible.
6. I. Context Garveywasborn 08/17/1887 in St Ann’sBay (Jamaica) 1886 : Slavery’s abolition in Cuba Jamaicawas an opressed country wheretherewere racial segregations
7. I. Context Garveywasborn 08/17/1887 in St Ann’sBay (Jamaica) 1886 : Slavery’s abolition in Cuba Jamaicawas an opressed country wheretherewere racial segregations 1885-1886 the beginning of Africa’s colonisation by lots of european countries (mostlyEngland and France)
10. II. Garvey’schildhood and youth Hisfatherwas a mason and hismother a domesticworker His parents gotelevenchild but only Marcus and hissistersurviveduntilmajority
11. II. Garvey’schildhood and youth Hisfatherwas a mason and hismother a domesticworker His parents gotelevenchild but only Marcus and hissistersurviveduntilmajority Hisfamily come fromMaroons
13. II. Garvey’schildhood and youth Hisfatherwas a mason and hismother a domesticworker His parents gotelevenchild but only Marcus and hissistersurviveduntilmajority Hisfamily come fromMaroons Atchurchheplayedorgan and helovedreading
14. II. Garvey’schildhood and youth Hisfatherwas a mason and hismother a domesticworker His parents gotelevenchild but only Marcus and hissistersurviveduntilmajority Hisfamily come fromMaroons Atchurchheplayedorgan and helovedreading He has got a job at a printing house and heled a strike
15. II. Garvey’schildhood and youth Hisfatherwas a mason and hismother a domesticworker His parents gotelevenchild but only Marcus and hissistersurviveduntilmajority Hisfamily come fromMaroon Atchurchheplayedorgan and helovedreading He has got a job at a printing house and heled a strike He becamejournalist and politicianactivist
16. II. Garvey’schildhood and youth Hisfatherwas a mason and hismother a domesticworker His parents gotelevenchild but only Marcus and hissistersurviveduntilmajority Hisfamily come fromMaroons Atchurchheplayedorgan and helovedreading He has got a job at a printing house and heled a strike He becamejournalist and politicianactivist He travelled a lot in Europe and South Americabefore WWI
19. III.Garvey’samericanperiod He moved to New-York in 1916 wherehe met lots of leaders of afro-americanemancipationmovements In 1917 hecreated the Unversal Negro Improvement Association, this association aimed to the improvement of the living condition for coloured people
21. III.Garvey’samericanperiod He moved to New-York in 1916 wherehe met lots of leaders of afro-americanemancipationmovements In 1917 hecreated the Unversal Negro Improvement Association, this association aimed to the improvement of the living condition for coloured people He lived in Harlem and became one of the first black leader and becamefamous world wide
23. III.Garvey’stheory and prophecy He supported and admired Ho Chi Minh, Gandhi, Lenine and Trotsky… … but didn’tagreewithTrotsky about the unification of mankind : hebelievedthat black people wouldberespectedonly in Africa
24. III.Garvey’stheory and prophecy He supported and admired Ho Chi Minh, Gandhi, Lenine and Trotsky… … but didn’tagreewithTrotsky about the unification of mankind : hebelievedthat black people wouldberespectedonly in Africa He waspan-africanist and created the theorycalled the « Back to Africa » like the Jews in Israel, Africawas the « Promised Land »
25. In the 1920s in a speech Garveysaid : « Look to Africa, when a black kingshallbecrowned for the day of deliveranceisat hand! ». 12/02/1930 HailieSelassie I iscrowned in Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Afterit the rastafarian religion appeared and considered Marcus Garvey as a prophet
26. HaileSelassie I, the Negus of Abyssinie, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Lion of Judah…
28. IV. The Black Star Line and the decline Garveycreated a transatlantic line to repatriate black people fromAmerica and Caraibeannamed the « the Black Star Line »
29. IV. The Black Star Line and the decline Garveycreated a transatlantic line to repatriate black people fromAmerica and Caraibeannamed the « the Black Star Line » The Black Star Line got a lot of shareholders, and Garveycreated a real parralleleconomybetween black people
30. IV. The Black Star Line and the decline Garveycreated a transatlantic line to repatriate black people fromAmerica and Caraibeannamed the « the Black Star Line » The Black Star Line got a lot of shareholders, and Garveycreated a real parralleleconomybetween black people In 1922the Black Star Line wentbankrupt and Garveywascharged of mail fraud and went to jail in 1925