Marcus Garvey (1887 – 1940) was a controversial yet influential political activist, entrepreneur and journalist. Born in Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, Garvey experienced first hand the ills of colonialism, colorism and racism during his upbringing, ultimately shaping his view of the world. His early adult years were spent learning trades and involving himself in political organizations such as The National Club and going onto create the United Negro Improvement Association and the African Communities League in 1914. Three years after this, he would go onto the United States, with the hopes of further expanding the U.N.I.A and spreading his message of Black brotherhood in an “Africa for Africans,” spilling into the creation of a weekly newspaper, The Negro World in 1918. As Garveyism began to take hold in Black communities in the United States and abroad, Garvey faced increased government surveillance and strife as he attempted to branch out into other ventures like The Black Star Line. Between 1922 – 1925, Garvey was arrested and tried on accusations of mail fraud before his eventual deportation from the United States in 1927. Never one to become settled, Garvey lived out the rest of his life attempting to travel the world and continue to spread his ideology; while often clashing with other Black leaders and organizations of the time. A very complicated and complex figure, Garvey was nevertheless an important piece to the foundation of Black nationalism as it is known today.

A Word on The Philosophies of Marcus Garvey

VOLUME I
Preface

Part I
Epigrams

Part II
Propaganda

Slavery

Force

Education

Miscegenation

Prejudice

Radicalism

Government

Evolution & the Result

Poverty

Power

Universal Suspicion

Dissertation on Man

Race Assimilation

Christianity

The Function of Man

Traitors

Part III
Present Day Civilization

Divine Apportionment of Earth

Universal Unrest in 1922

World Disarmament

Cause of Wars

World Readjustment

The Fall of Governments

Great Ideals Know No Nationality

Purpose of Creation

Purity of Race

Man know Thyself

A Solution for World Peace in 1922

God as a War Lord

The Image of God

Part IV
The Slave Trade

Negroes’ Status Under Alien Governments

The Negro as an Industrial Makeshift

Lack of Cooperation in the Negro Race

White man’s Solution for the Negro Problem in America

The True Solution of the Negro Problem

White Propaganda about Africa

The Three Stages of the Negro in Contact with the White Man

Booker T. Washington’s Program

Belief that Race Problem will Adjust Itself a Fallacy

Examples of white Christian Control of Africa

The Thought behind their deeds

Similarity of Persecution

Shall the Negro be exterminated?

Africa for the Africans

The Future As I see it

Part V
Emancipation Speech

Christmas Message

Easter Sermon

Convention Speech

Statement on arrest

VOLUME II
Preface

Part I: An Appeal to White America
An Appeal to White America

Racial Reforms and Reformers

The Crime of Injustice

World Materialism

Who and What Is a Negro

An Appeal to the Conscience of the Black Race

Christ, the First Great Reformer

The Negro’s Place in World Reorganization

Aims and Objects of Movement, etc.

Will Negroes Succumb to the White Man’s Plan, etc.

An Analysis of Warren G. Harding

An Expose of the Caste System Among Negroes

Africa’s Wealth

The Negro, Communism and His Friend

Capitalism and the State

Governing the Ideal State

The “Colored” of Negro Press

What We Believe

History of the Negro

The Internal Prejudices of Negroes

A Tribute to the Late Sir Isaiah Morter

A Speech on the Principles of U.N.I.A

A Speech Delivered at Carnegie Hall

A Speech on Disarmament Conference, Telegram Sent and Reply

A Speech Delivered at Madison Square Garden

The Negroes Greatest Enemy

Declaration of Rights of the Negroes of the World

Part II: United States of America vs. Marcus Garvey
Was Justice Defeated?

Brief for Plaintiff-in-Error

Testimony of Mailing Clerk

Decision of Circuit Court of Appeals

Stripping the Effect to Show Crime

Last Speech Before Incarceration in Tombs Prison

Address to Jury at Close of Trial

Statement to the Press on Release From the Tombs Prison

First Speech After Release From the Tombs Prison

First Message From Atlanta Prison

Using the Government, etc., to Defeat Justice

Application for Pardon and Reply

A Strange Comparison

Salaries to Officers of U.N.I.A & Oaths They Took

A Race That Steals From and Double Crosses Itself

Eight Negroes vs. Marcus Garvey

W.E.B. Dubois—A Hater of Dark People

Why I Have Not Spoken in Chicago

A Message From Atlanta, August, 1925

Statement of Conviction

How Alleged Crimes Are Disposed Of

The Ideal of Two Races

An Answer to the Appeal (Speech by Mr. John Powell)

Part III
The Plot

Scene Africa

Scene Liberia, W. Africa, etc.

Letter From Com. Garcia to Pres. King and Reply

Liberian Committees, Suggestions, etc.

Petition to Liberian Senate

Robbing the Negro’s Values

Scene Aboard Ship “Paris”

Eli Garcia’s Confidential Report

Scene League of Nations

Scene Harlem

The Betrayal of a Struggling Race