Now, 102 years later, the United States has deemed it fit to right their wrong.
(Thelinkhas already been removed by the Trump administration.)
We presented the resolution from my law firm but they ignored it, says Dr. Garvey.
Marcus Garvey died in 1940, but his ideas influenced the Black liberation movements of the 1960s.George Rinhart/Corbis/Getty Images
Its symbolic but its also justification, says Dr. Garvey.
Garveys father had been a part of the1865 rebellionof Jamaicans who revolted against British imperial rule.
A hundred years ago, every country in Africa was under colonial rule except for Ethiopia.
The shipping industry was successful in that time and almost anybody could get a ship, says Hansford.
In todays world, it would have been equivalent to a Black owned airline Soul Planebut for real life.
Like any business, Garveys shipping investment made its fair deal of mistakes.
However, the government labeling him a notorious negro agitator would ultimately unravel his efforts.
He would sue Garvey for $6,000 in 1920.
On one voyage, a boiler blew up killing a crew member.
On another, a ship caught a leak and sank.
Dubois, who was critical of Garveys separtistDo for Selfmovement, because he believed in integration.
We have 10 volumes of FBI records of all Garvey papers, says Hansford.
So, yes, the company failed but the idea of mail fraud couldnt be legally supported.
And yet it was the grounds of his conviction, imprisonment, and deportation.
For over 100 years, Garvey was listed a felon, tarnishing his reputation in the United States.
This institute is for educational purposes but to also build economies of scale, says Moore.
Its a step in the right direction in terms of social justice movements, says Dr. Garvey.
It energizes human rights groups to not give up.
