Black Moses: The Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association

by E. David Cronon

Book Overview

In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the seeds of a new black pride and determination. Attacked by the black intelligentsia and ridiculed by the white press, this Jamaican immigrant astonished all with his black nationalist rhetoric. In just four years, he built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest and most powerful all-black organization the nation had ever seen. With hundreds of branches, throughout the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029901214X
• ISBN13: 9780299012144
• Release Date: March 1960
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Honest and Informative

Knowing only of the name "Marcus Garvey," I set about reading this book to get a better understanding of Garvey's beliefs and perceptions on race relations in the 1920's and 1930's. This book fit the billing, with an honest account of the victories, defeats, embarassments, and lasting effects of Marcus Garvey's legacy. Unforunately, Marcus Garvey was never spoken of in my high school or college history courses. This book provides a great starting point for understanding the conditions in 1920's America, which allowed Marcus Garvey to gather such a large and faithful following.