Civil rights leader Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey

Living place: Jamaica

Birthday: 17-8-1887

Global rank: #20982

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Who is Civil rights leader Marcus Garvey?
Iconic leader in the Black peoples and Pan-Africanism movements who believed that all African Americans and Europeans should return to Africa.
He founded the Improved Negro Spectrum Association (UNIA) in Jamaica in 1914 and by 1920, which had millions of members worldwide.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He worked as a time goalkeeper on a banana plantation in Costa Rica for several months while traveling around the Caribbean and Europe.

Family life info

He married Amy Jacques in 1922 and had two children with her.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Civil rights leader Marcus Garvey?
He influenced and corresponded with Booker T. Washington.

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When was Civil rights leader Marcus Garvey born?
Marcus Garvey was born in 17-8-1887, death year is , at the age of 137.
Where is Civil rights leader Marcus Garvey's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Marcus Garvey was born in . is a Civil rights leader, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Marcus Garvey's global rank is 20982 and whose rank is 22 in list of famous Civil rights leader.
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Events in 1887 and 17-8

Birthday Marcus Garvey (17-8) in history

  • Day 17-8 year 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, began its trip up the Hudson River to Albany.
  • Day 17-8 year 1863: Fort Sumter, S.C. was bombarded by Union ships during the Civil War.
  • Day 17-8 year 1896: Prospectors found gold in Alaska, a discovery that set off the Klondike gold rush.
  • Day 17-8 year 1945: Indonesian nationalists proclaimed independence from the Netherlands.
  • Day 17-8 year 1962: 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot and killed by guards at the Berlin Wall, spurring riots.
  • Day 17-8 year 1969: Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.
  • Day 17-8 year 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside of Paris.
  • Day 17-8 year 1987: Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's second in command, committed suicide.
  • Day 17-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Games. Phelps also set the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
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