Controversy has dogged the statue of National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey from the moment it was raised and installed on the campus of The University of the West Indies, Mona. This controversy has ...

Marcus Garvey statue, public art and idolatry In life Marcus Garvey was controversial, and in death he continues to impact our nation in small, useful ways — teachable moments.

Molefi Kete Asante, professor and chair of the Africology and African American studies department at Temple University in Philadelphia, describes Marcus Garvey as probably “the most significant ...

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and members of Congress, some of whom died before they could see their ...

Latest News: Marcus Garvey Pardoned 85 Years After Death Marcus Garvey was granted a posthumous pardon by former President Joe Biden on his last full day in office, January 19. The late Jamaican ...

Marcus Garvey, who inspired millions of followers worldwide with messages of black pride and self-reliance, is being resurrected in a new mandatory civics program in schools across this ...

Marcus Garvey, circa 1924 (Pic: George Grantham Bain Collection, via Wikimedia Commons) THIS NOVEMBER marks 60 years since Jamaica appointed its first national hero, The Right Excellent Marcus ...

Garvey was convicted in connection with the operation of The Black Star Line, his program for Black economic independence. He was imprisoned and eventually deported to his native Jamaica in 1927.

In one of his last acts in office, President Joe Biden exonerates the late Jamaica-born civil rights leader, Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” These famous words were spoken by Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's first and probably most ...