Justice for Marcus Garvey

Join thought leaders fighting to win the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey, one of the most influential figures in Black history.

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Black political activist, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, which had a following of more than six million African descended people worldwide. Despite his massive popularity, this Jamaican born international leader was wrongfully sentenced to prison by the U.S. government on trumped-up mail-fraud charges.

While exoneration efforts began immediately and have continued since his sentencing, a new groundswell movement for Garvey's posthumous pardon is underway--led by his nonagenarian, still-spirited son, Julius Garvey.

Edited by Julius Garvey, Justice for Marcus Garvey is a collection of informative essays and personal narratives about the senior Garvey's life and work, demonstrating his essential influence on current social justice movements. The book features contributions from thought leaders and activists, including a foreword by bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Contributors include Paul Coates, founder/director of Black Classic Press; Goulda Downer, president of the Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC); Justin Hansford, professor at Howard University School of Law; and Maulana Karenga, widely known as the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa.

Justice for Marcus Garvey is a tribute and rallying cry for one of the preeminent champions of Black pride and self-determination.

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Justice for Marcus Garvey

Join thought leaders fighting to win the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey, one of the most influential figures in Black history.

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Black political activist, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, which had a following of more than six million African descended people worldwide. Despite his massive popularity, this Jamaican born international leader was wrongfully sentenced to prison by the U.S. government on trumped-up mail-fraud charges.

While exoneration efforts began immediately and have continued since his sentencing, a new groundswell movement for Garvey's posthumous pardon is underway--led by his nonagenarian, still-spirited son, Julius Garvey.

Edited by Julius Garvey, Justice for Marcus Garvey is a collection of informative essays and personal narratives about the senior Garvey's life and work, demonstrating his essential influence on current social justice movements. The book features contributions from thought leaders and activists, including a foreword by bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Contributors include Paul Coates, founder/director of Black Classic Press; Goulda Downer, president of the Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC); Justin Hansford, professor at Howard University School of Law; and Maulana Karenga, widely known as the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa.

Justice for Marcus Garvey is a tribute and rallying cry for one of the preeminent champions of Black pride and self-determination.

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Join thought leaders fighting to win the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey, one of the most influential figures in Black history.

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Black political activist, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, which had a following of more than six million African descended people worldwide. Despite his massive popularity, this Jamaican born international leader was wrongfully sentenced to prison by the U.S. government on trumped-up mail-fraud charges.

While exoneration efforts began immediately and have continued since his sentencing, a new groundswell movement for Garvey's posthumous pardon is underway--led by his nonagenarian, still-spirited son, Julius Garvey.

Edited by Julius Garvey, Justice for Marcus Garvey is a collection of informative essays and personal narratives about the senior Garvey's life and work, demonstrating his essential influence on current social justice movements. The book features contributions from thought leaders and activists, including a foreword by bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Contributors include Paul Coates, founder/director of Black Classic Press; Goulda Downer, president of the Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC); Justin Hansford, professor at Howard University School of Law; and Maulana Karenga, widely known as the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa.

Justice for Marcus Garvey is a tribute and rallying cry for one of the preeminent champions of Black pride and self-determination.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798889833376
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 11/19/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 238
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Dr. Julius Garvey, MD, FACS, FRCS, OJ,is a retired surgeon and lecturer with over fifty years' tenure in the medical field spanning New York, Canada, and Jamaica. He has served, led, and taught at top medical institutions and universities, including Columbia University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Queens Hospital Center, and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, among others. He has served as an annual presenter for the Global Health Catalyst Summit since 2016. In recent years, Dr. Garvey has lectured on the life and legacy of his father, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Dr. Garvey resides in Florida with his wife.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Introduction

Julius W. Garvey, M.D.

Part 1 The Exoneration Effort

Chapter 1

Justice for Marcus Garvey—The Posthumous Exoneration Effort

Goulda Downer, PhD, Global Effort Chair

Why the need for a posthumous exoneration?

What is the presidential pardon process

How does the pardon process work?

How long has this process to exonerate Marcus Garvey been going on?

The 2016 Effort

The 2022 Exoneration Effort

Global Focus

Asia

Africa

Europe

South America

North America

Chapter 2

The Legacy of Marcus Garvey in Black Bookselling and Publishing and the Black Book Industry Movement to Exonerate

Paul Coates, Black Classic Press

with Apryl Motely

Garvey was a publisher and book seller, a model for us today.

Ramunda Lark Young, Mahogany Books, Washington, DC

Kassahun Checole, Africa World Press and the Red Sea Press, Trenton, NJ

Haki Madhubuti, Third World Press, Chicago, IL

Troy Johnson, aalbc.com, African American Literary Book Club, Tampa, FL

Wade Hudson, Just Us Books, West Orange, NJ

James Fugate, Eso Won Books, Los Angeles, CA

Shrikiana Gerima, Sankofa Video Books and Café, Washington, DC

Chapter 3

The Garvey Movement: Personal, Powerful, Political

Nkechi Taifa, Esq.

Chapter 4

The Vindication of Marcus Garvey Marcus

Maulana Karenga, Ph.D.

Part 2 Understanding the Legal Wrong and Efforts to Right It

Chapter 5

Global Garveyism in the Black Liberation Struggle

Adam Ewing, Ph.D.

A Politics of Refusal

The Accepted Voice of an Awakened Race

Quiet and Peaceful Penetration

Legacies

Chapter 6

Travesty of Justice: The Context of the Conviction and How They Jailed a Rainbow

Justin Hansford, Esq.

Chapter 7

Howard University - A Century In Defense of Marcus Garvey

Mwariama Kamau.

Part 3 Garvey's Activism in Jamaica

Chapter 8

Garvey Fights Racial Capitalism of the British Empire in Jamaica

Rupert Lewis, Ph.D.

Chapter 9

Lewis Ashenheim's Legal Defense of Marcus Garvey in Jamaica

Lynda R. Edwards

Part 4 Garvey Lives!

Chapter 10

Wading in the Great River Garvey

Karl B. Rodney

Chapter 11

Trauma, The Whirlwind, and Redeeming the Soul of America

Linda James Myers, Ph.D.

Postscript

Julius Garvey

Essential reading by and about Marcus Garvey

Index

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