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Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, Marcus Garvey was the youngest of the eleven children of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr., a mason and Sarah Jane Richards, a domestic worker.He received his primary education from elementary schools in St. Ann's Bay. During this time, he went through bitter experiences like racism.After several years, he left his school and started serving as an apprentice of a printer. In 1903, he visited various parts of Kingston and Jamaica. In 1907, the compositor's branch of the printers' union elected him for the post of its Vice President.His experience of joining a printer's strike from 1908 to 1909, on demand of higher wages played a crucial role in developing his interest towards political activity.
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Snr, a stone mason and Sarah Jane Richards, a domestic worker. The Garvey's had 11 children, nine of whom died in early childhood. Only Marcus Garvey and his eldest sister Indiana lived to adulthood.
Garvey's father was known to have a large library,
1)A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
2)If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
3)The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness
Marcus Mosiah Garvey's first wife was Amy Ashwood Garvey (1897-1969).They married in New York in 1919 but divorced in 1922. Amy Ashwood was a very active Pan-Africanist, social worker and activist for women's rights.Marcus Mosiah Garvey's second wife was Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973).They married in New York in 1922 after his divorce. She was his personal secretary. Amy Jacques played key organisational roles in the UNIA and was instrumental in teaching people about Marcus Garvey after he died. She and Garvey had 2 sons Marcus Garvey Jnr and Julius Winston Garvey.
August 17, 1887, Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica
died:June 10, 1940, London, United Kingdom he had a stroke.
Nationality: Jamaican
education: Birkbeck, University of London
marcus gravey was a jamaican publisher,journalist,entrepreneur,and orator who was a staunch proponent of the black nationalism and panA