Marcus Mosiah Garvey dubbed the “Black Moses”, led the largest organized mass movement in black history (Hill, 2006). He was one of the most influential leaders of the progressive era. I believe he deserves a place in history because without him the
African-American people would’ve never been led to salvation through his movement of
Garveyism or also known as the Pan-African movement. Motivation
His motivation ran deep into his childhood. Starting with his friend who had said “My parents said I was never to write or get in touch with you any more because you’re a nigger.”
(Archer, 1993)
His own friend was not allowed to talk to him because of his skin color. He then started to travel the world as a young man and he had witnessed …show more content…
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ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL.”(Archer, 1993). Because of this he starts the “back to
Africa” movement which fails. He faced many more challenges and he fought through them all he started a movement called Garveyism and he started UNIA, he helped blacks everywhere.
Accomplishments
He became the “Black Moses” as his mother predicted and he became a leader in the
Pan-Africanism movement basically the migrating back to Africa. He founded the UNIA or
United Negro Improvement Association (, ed., 2016). This helped improve lives of everyday blacks and just made it easier on them. They did this by migrating them back to Africa their homeland. He was able to inspire the nation of Islam and he inspired the Rastafarian movement
(, ed., 2016).
Conclusion
MARCUS GARVEY 4
I believe Marcus Garvey didn't just deserve a place in history I believed he earned that place. He struggled through tough times a lot, but in the end he united his people and led them back to salvation. He virtually paved the way for Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.. He was an overall inspiring leader of the progressive era even though he had his mistakes and flaws. He deserves and earned that place in