| Marcus Garvey  AKA Marcus Mosiah Aurelius Garvey, Jr.
Born: 17-Aug-1887
Birthplace: St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica
Died: 10-Jun-1940
Location of death: West Kensington, London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pan-African black nationalist Formed the underpinnings for the post-Colonial independence movements in Africa. Father: Malcus "Marcus" Mosiah Garvey (d. 9-Apr-1920)
Mother: Sarah Jane Richards (servant, d. 18-Mar-1908)
Wife: Amy Ashwood (journalist, m. 1919, div. 1922, d. 1969)
Wife: Amy Jacques Garvey (activist, m. 1922, d. 25-Jul-1973)
Son: Marcus Garvey, Jr. (b. 1931)
Son: Julius Winston Garvey (b. 1933)
University: Birkbeck College (1912, 1914)
Universal Negro Improvement Association Founder (1914)
Assassination Attempt Harlem, NY (14-Oct-1919)
Shot Harlem, NY (14-Oct-1919)
Libel (Aug-1920), charges dropped
Mail Fraud 8-Feb-1925
Contempt of Court
Deported to Jamaica (1927)
Libel seditious libel (1830), overturned
Stroke (20-Jan-1940)
Paralyzed right side (20-Jan-1940)
Coma
Is the subject of books:
Black Moses: The Story of Marcus Garvey, 1955, BY: David Cronon
Garvey and Garveyism, 1963, BY: Amy Jacques Garvey
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