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...include Marcus Garvey* and his aides in this invitation?" was the obvious question posed...
...ejaculated the Minister. "Neither Garvey nor any of those who have been identified with him would be received in Liberia...
...Black Cross liner Booker T. Washington crept up New York harbor to its berth. This is one of the ships with which Marcus Garvey (now serving five years in Atlanta Penitentiary for using the mails to defraud) (TIME, Jan. 11, 1923; Feb. 16) and the Universal Negro Improvement Association planned to use in recolonizing Africa with U. S. Negroes...
...Marcus Garvey, Provisional President of Africa, came a cropper at last. Some time ago, he was convicted of using the mails to defraud (TIME, Jan. 11, 1923) in connection with operations of a "Black Star Line" of which he assumed the title of President...
...week, the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his conviction. But, when the time came for him to surrender himself and go to jail, he was not in Manhattan, the place where he was sentenced. The court forfeited his bail and issued a bench warrant for him. Mr. Garvey had not decamped, however ; he was merely late in making his jail appearance. Next day, coming into Manhattan on a train, he was arrested, although he protested volubly that he wras coming to surrender himself. A day or two later, he set out for the Federal prison at Atlanta...