Universal Negro Improvement Association miscellaneous collection, 1922-1923.

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Universal Negro Improvement Association miscellaneous collection, 1922-1923.

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The British Colonial Office Universal Negro Improvement Association documents record the British colonial government's surveillance of UNIA members and activities in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia and their efforts to keep Marcus Garvey and other UNIA members out of the aforementioned countries through hastily introduced laws. Specific reference is made to Marcus Garvey, (Bishop) George Alexander McGuire, Francis Weber, H. W. Wilson, William Ferris, Farmer, Daughetry and John Karma among other members of the UNIA.

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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...

Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940

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Great Britain. Colonial Office

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Following charges of mail fraud in 1922, Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) leader Marcus Garvey planned a world tour scheduled to begin in February 1923 to counter the negative publicity. Garvey's intentions provoked anxiety among British colonial officials which then put him and other UNIA members in British West African colonies under surveillance. From the description of Universal Negro Improvement Association miscellaneous collection, 1922-1923. (New York Public Libr...