The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers
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Short Introduction
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers
Africa for the Africans 1913 – 1920
Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), leader of the largest organized mass movement in black history and the progenitor of the modern “black is beautiful” ideal, was hailed in his own time as “a black Moses.” This mini-edition presents documents related to the early development and extraordinary impact of Garvey’s “African Redemption” movement.
- Professor Robert A. Hill, Editor in Chief
- Olivia Banner, Assistant Editor
- John Dixon, Assistant Editor
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Historical Publications and Records Commission
- James S. Coleman African Studies Center (http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc/)
- University of California, Los Angeles (http://www.ucla.edu)
- Ahmanson Foundation
- Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfound.org/)
- Rockefeller Foundation (http://www.rockfound.org/)
- UCLA Foundation (http://www.campaign.ucla.edu/index.html)
Recommended Citation:
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers,
ed. Robert A. Hill
(Columbia, S.C.: Model Editions Partnership, 2000).
Electronic version based on
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers,
ed. Robert A. Hill,
Volume 8,
(Berkeley: University of California Press, [year?]). On the Web at http://mep.blackmesatech.com/mep/ [Accessed 22 March 2025]