ABSTRACT
Born in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey came to New York in 1917 where he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the Negro World, a weekly paper that was the vehicle for his views. Garvey envisaged and propagandized for a free Africa to which Negroes might emigrate. He also founded the Negro Factories Corporation and the Black Star Steamship Line. Because of erratic and amateur financing of these organizations Garvey was jailed upon the charge of using the mails to defraud. This broke the movement. After his release, he was deported to Jamaica. His writings in the Negro World have been collected in Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, or Africa for the Africans, compiled by Amy-Jacques Garvey. Some Negro leaders have advanced the belief that in another few years the white people will make up their minds to assimilate their black populations. The Negro who seeks the White House in America could find ample play for his ambition in Africa.
