Marcus Garvey was a civil rights activist. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Marcus Garvey he brought unity and hope to Black people. Spoke out about the unjust behavior towards his people. He inspired and gave hope through speaking, teaching and writing. He used poetry to understand his own life and relate it to black people and wanted them to do the same. Marcus Garvey wanted Black people to stand up for their race to not stop fighting unjustices.
Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica, on August 17, 1887. He use to watch his father stand up for himeself nobody what the situation was. That inspired Marcus to stand up for what he believed in and not to let anything stand in his way. Marcus had to Drop out of school so he can help his family financially. He moved to Kingston, Jamaica to …show more content…
W.E.B. Du Bois, a black leader and officer of the N.A.A.C.P. called Garvey, "the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race in America. U.N.I.A started selling shares to members. Then his company black star line steamship started having problems both insuring and financing the ships. Black Star Line faced bankruptcy resulting from shady dealings by some UNIA officials, the federal government launched an unrelenting investigation of “Marcus Garvey”. F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover didn’t like Garvey because of his ideas about black people and equailty. Hoover felt threatened by the black leader, fearing he was getting black people to stand up for themselves.Hoover even called Marcus a "notorious negro agitator" and for several years, he kept looking for damaging information on him, even went as far to hire the first black F.B.I. agent in 1919 in order to infiltrate Garvey's ranks and spy on him. The agents that they send “They sabotaged the Black Star Line. The engines... of the ships were actually damaged by foreign matter being thrown into the
Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica, on August 17, 1887. He use to watch his father stand up for himeself nobody what the situation was. That inspired Marcus to stand up for what he believed in and not to let anything stand in his way. Marcus had to Drop out of school so he can help his family financially. He moved to Kingston, Jamaica to …show more content…
W.E.B. Du Bois, a black leader and officer of the N.A.A.C.P. called Garvey, "the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race in America. U.N.I.A started selling shares to members. Then his company black star line steamship started having problems both insuring and financing the ships. Black Star Line faced bankruptcy resulting from shady dealings by some UNIA officials, the federal government launched an unrelenting investigation of “Marcus Garvey”. F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover didn’t like Garvey because of his ideas about black people and equailty. Hoover felt threatened by the black leader, fearing he was getting black people to stand up for themselves.Hoover even called Marcus a "notorious negro agitator" and for several years, he kept looking for damaging information on him, even went as far to hire the first black F.B.I. agent in 1919 in order to infiltrate Garvey's ranks and spy on him. The agents that they send “They sabotaged the Black Star Line. The engines... of the ships were actually damaged by foreign matter being thrown into the