Black Moses : the story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association / E. David Cronon ; foreword by John Hope Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cronon, Edmund David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.

Garvey, Marcus.

Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 278 p : ill, facsims., ports ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the seeds of a new black pride and determination. Attacked by the black intelligentsia and ridiculed by the white press, this Jamaican immigrant astonished all with his black nationalist rhetoric. In just four years, he built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest and most powerful all-black organization the nation had ever seen. With hundreds of branches, throughout the United States, the UNIA represented Garvey's greatest accomplishment and, ironically, the source of his public disgrace. Black Moses brings this controversial figure to life and recovers the significance of his life and work."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.

ISBN:

9786612788123

9781282788121

1282788124

9780299012106

0299012107

9780299012137

0299012131

OCLC:

927483687