Amy Ashwood Garvey Memorabilia, 1954-1967. [1954-1967]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Amy Ashwood Garvey Memorabilia, 1954-1967. [1954-1967]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48230936

The collection sheds light on the friendship between Amy Ashwood Garvey and Thelma Rogers of Trinidad and Tobago. They met while Amy Garvey was in Trinidad and Tobago during 1954-55 lecturing to women's organisations. It also records their later involvement with an Afro-Women's Centre in London. Rogers admits that her life was never the same after meeting Garvey who was a source of inspiration to her. The long-playing record consists of recollections of Marcus Garvey, narrated by his wife.

envelope 1.long playing record 1.

The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7591399

The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt1sg1 (person)

Rogers, Thelma

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p59n58 (person)

Universal negro improvement association

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6808tbr (corporateBody)

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, Amy Ashwood, approximately 1895-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n33w6b (person)

Amy Ashwood Garvey, was the first wife of Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Their 1919 marriage was short-lived as, three years later (1922), he married his second wife Amy Jacques Garvey. Biographer Tony Martin describes Amy Ashwood Garvey as a "precocious child who grew into a talented, attractive woman of expansive horizons and boundless energy ... A restless figure, she lived or sojourned in Jamaica, Panama, the United States, England, Liberia, Gha...