Garvey Club collection, 1927-1948.

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Garvey Club collection, 1927-1948.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517937

This collection contains letters, certificate of incorporation, dues cards, song lyrics, a contract and clippings. Letters from Marcus and Amy Jacques Garvey, UNIA and Garvey Club officers H. Holmes, B.J. Spencer Pitt, Cleophas T. Jacobs, James R. Stewart and Samuel A. Haynes to Harris concern the on-going development of both the Garvey Club and the UNIA.

1 folder (26 items).

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744946

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

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Pitt, B.J. Spencer.

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Garvey, Amy Jacques

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Marcus Garvey's private secretary and later second wife; b. Amy Jacquest, 1895; d. 1973. From the description of Amy Garvey memorial collection on Marcus Garvey, 1776-1971. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971649 ...

Universal Negro Improvement Association. New York Division.

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Haynes, Samuel A.

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The Garvey Club, Inc.

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Harris, Gershom E.

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Greshom E. Harris was president of the Garvey Club during the 1940s. Marcus Garvey, who also established the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), founded the Garvey Club, Inc., or New York Garvey Club. The Garvey Club was the parent organization of the UNIA Central Division in New York City, which split ranks with the Garvey Club around 1927 because of conflicts among the leadership. By 1929, the Garvey Club became officially affiliated with Garvey's Jamaica-based UNIA an...

Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940

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Jacobs, Cleophas T.

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Harris, Gershom.

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Universal negro improvement association

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International black fraternal and philanthropic organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey. Originally designed to promote Pan-Africanism, it later developed into a radical political organization which advocated the repatriation of blacks to Africa. From the description of Records 1921-1986. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17975241 The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) was founded in Jamaica on August 1, 1914...