Word: garvey
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...Malcolm's own father was also murdered. Both Malcolm and his father died prematurely because they were Negroes, because that fact evoked--perhaps against their will--hatred in them and in others. Malcolm's father was killed by whites while a member of the African movement of Marcus Garvey. Malcolm died an ex-Black Muslim and a leader of the Organization of Afro-American unity; ironically, he was killed by Negroes...
...Black Nationalists, too, are split every which way. Spiritual heirs of that flamboyant fake Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican Negro who paraded through Harlem under a banner with a black star in the 1920s calling for a return to Africa, scores of outfits exist. There are Elijah Muhammad's Black Muslims and Malcolm X's offshoot Organization of Afro-American Unity, the Ethiopia Coptic Orthodox Mission and the House of Common Sense and Home of Proper Propaganda, which displays a sign advertising the book The God Damn White Man. All told, they probably have no more than...
...Epps and other observers of Negro history, descends directly from Marcus Harvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association, which was active during the 1920's. As a strongly nationalistic group, it had an estimated membership of from one to six million members and assets of $2 million. The depression and Garvey's deportment by the federal government weakened the organization, but did not completely kill it, Epps explained. He noted that many chapters are still active in New York and other urban centers...
...president of the Harvard Club of Dallas could not be reached for comment last night. The vice-president, Dr. Ronald F. Garvey, told the CRIMSON he knew nothing about arrangements for the debates...
Harvard Pre-Law Society: Jack I Garvey '64 of Leverett House and Chicago, president; Jeffrey S. Hoffman '64, of Leverett House and New York City, vice-president; Thomas D. Farber '64, secretary; William A. Humenuk '64, treasurer...