Word: garvey
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Died. Marcus (Emperor Marcus I) Garvey, 52, Jamaica-born Negro leader of the defunct "Back to Africa" movement; of a paralytic stroke: in London...
Died. Marcus Garvey, 53, Jamaica-born Negro leader ("Emperor Marcus 1") of the defunct "Back to Africa" movement, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, purple-gowned head of the Sublime Order of the Nile and the Knights of Uganda ; in London. He organized the Black Star steamship line to transport his people to their homeland, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, subsequently deported...