The veiled Garvey : the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey / Ula Yvette Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Ula Y.

Series:

Gender & American culture.

Gender & American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women political activists--Biography.

African American women political activists.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Women intellectuals--United States--Biography.

Women intellectuals.

Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.

Black nationalism.

Pan-Africanism--History--20th century.

Pan-Africanism.

African American women--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American women.

Feminism--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Garvey, Amy Jacques.

Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.

Garvey, Marcus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.).

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

Summary:

In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the twentieth century: Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973). Born in Jamaica, Amy Jacques moved in 1917 to Harlem, where she became involved in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest Pan-African organization of its time. She served as the private secretary of UNIA leader Marcus Garvey; in 1922, they married. Soon after, she began to give speeches and to publish editorials urging black women to participate in the Pan-African movement and addressing issues that affected people of African descent across the globe. After her husband's death in 1940, Jacques Garvey emerged as a gifted organizer for the Pan-African cause. Although she faced considerable male chauvinism, she persisted in creating a distinctive feminist voice within the movement. In her final decades, Jacques Garvey constructed a thriving network of Pan-African contacts, including Nnamdi Azikiwe, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Taylor examines the many roles Jacques Garvey played throughout her life, as feminist, black nationalist, journalist, daughter, mother, and wife. Tracing her political and intellectual evolution, the book illuminates the leadership and enduring influence of this remarkable activist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.

ISBN:

9798890871770

9780807862292

0807862290

OCLC:

742045936