Marcus Garvey establishes the UNIA

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Marcus Garvey establishes the UNIA

IN UNFLATTERING circum-stances, Malcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on August 17, 1887. Somewhere along the journey, Malcus was changed to Marcus. Garvey became a printer’s apprentice before moving in 1906 to Kingston, where he...

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