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...role in the Christianization of Jamaican and other West Indian blacks. Black Americans were also open to the inspiration of black immigrants: W.E.B. DuBois's father was Haitian; James Weldon Johnson's mother, Bahamian. One of the first mass movements of African Americans was led by a Jamaican, Marcus Garvey, in the '20s. An impressive number of black leaders and civil rights icons--Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, Shirley Chisholm, Louis Farrakhan, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, to list a few--were all first- or second-generation immigrants. Before them, West Indian leaders paved the way toward involvement with city politics, especially...
Armstrong’s absence follows the April 29 firing of driver Jack M. Garvey, who had been involved in an altercation with two varsity football players. Garvey later filed an anti-discrimination suit in state court against the University...
...offseason took its first unpleasant turn.After the end of the barbeque, players moved toward university shuttles to return to the main part of campus. As some members of the team attempted to board a shuttle with a table, the driver of one of the shuttles, Jack M. Garvey, 47, confronted junior cornerback James Velissaris. Velissaris told The Crimson afterward that Garvey punched him in the chin before junior Dan Lane came over and shoved Garvey to the ground.Garvey was dismissed from his job, and later filed suit against the University. He told The Crimson that he had only pushed Velissaris...
...told him, ‘No I’m not resigning. Roll up the sleeves and get ready to fight for me,’” Garvey said...
...Garvey, who has a wife and three children, one of whom is still in college, said that his job had paid him $54,000 last year, plus over $6,000 in benefits...