Author: Marcus Garvey, Colin Grant
publisher name: Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780099501459
At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. Hailed as both the 'black Moses' and merely 'a Negro with a hat,' he masterminded the first International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World, began the Universal Negro Improvement Association, and captivated audiences with his powerful speeches and audacious 'Back to Africa' program. However, he ended his life in penury, ignominy, and friendless exile after serving jail time in both the US and Jamaica.
With masterful skill, wit, and compassion, Colin Grant chronicles Garvey's extraordinary life, detailing the failed business ventures, misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, two marriages, and premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death. This is the dramatic cautionary tale of a man who articulated the submerged thoughts of an awakening people.
