Having traveled to different parts of the world and encountering the same predicament throughout, Marcus Garvey decided it was time for a change and the Negro shall not have to live and remain in degrading living situations. The conditions in which he grew up in, along with tribulations he had to overcome, developed the need for a drastic change. As some sources had revealed to him that African Americans in the United States faced terrible living conditions he decided to travel to America and begin his movement.
