Red Black & Green
by Marcus and Amy Jaques Garvey
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Red Black and Green
Marcus Garvey Said
Red Black And Green
Amy Jaques Garvey
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Red for the blood we shed
Black for the color of our skin
Green for the land we’re in
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These biographies share similar information about Marcus Garvey, but in different ways, and at times highlight different aspects of his life. Each of them is valuable in providing a broader context for who Marcus Garvey is. The speech, which is about 17 minutes is an actual recording of Marcus Garvey speaking to the Universal Negro Improvement Association. It demonstrates his fire and intensity as a speaker and as a champion of Black people.
These two animated shorts about Marcus Garvey provide some context. The visuals are good but the soundtrack is suspect.
During World War I the most successful unit in the war on any side was the Harlem Hellfighters, who were Black Americans who fought with the French because they were not allowed to fight in the American Army. After their success in the war, they returned to a vicious backlash from white people, working to maintain white supremacy. In 1919 there was a string of lynchings of Black people around the country, that became known as the Red Summer.
It was the autobiography of Booker T. Washington, known as Up From Slavery that inspired Marcus Garvey to start the Universal Negro Improvement Association and to eventually travel to the United States to build the movement. Though Marcus and Booker T corresponded with each other, Marcus did not arrive in the United States until after Booker T. Washington had died. Booker T. Washington was the most powerful Black man in the United States during his time as founder of the Tuskegee Institute and the leader of what became known as the Tuskegee machine.
This is a quick video on a pioneer before Booker T. Washington who is known as the Father of Black Nationalism. Martin Delaney was a friend and contemporary of Frederick Douglass and fierce advocate of Black nationhood.
Martin Delaney, the Father of Black Nationalism. He was the inspiration and pioneer before Booker T. Washington as he was a friend of Frederick Douglass. Major figure in African American History.
Malcolm X speaking about his organization and defining Black Nationalism as a political, economic and social philosophy.