Marcus Garvey: Pan-Africanist

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Marcus Garvey: Pan-Africanist

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Feb 11, 2021

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Decades before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey attracted millions with a simple, uncompromising message: Black people deserved nothing less than everything, and if that couldn't happen in the United States, they should return to Africa. This week, the seismic influence and complicated legacy of Marcus Garvey.

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Feb 11, 2021

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Marcus Garvey: Pan-Africanist

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