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Statesman-in-Residence of the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, on ...
Note, I did not say Jamaica should ape what successful countries do. That aside, I am astonished that a country, which up to ...
“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.
In it, he quotes the Rasta prophet Marcus Garvey, who said in a speech in 1937: "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind." And indeed, Marley and his legacy live ...
Black regiments led an as­sault on and eventually captured a key Southern fort helping bring the Civil War to an end. The ...
Lyrically, the track is at once powerfully political - referencing a speech by Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey - as well intensely personal, touching on Marley's own mortality as he faced the ...
The couple changed the store’s name to Marcus Books in 1964 after Marcus Garvey. Marcus Books is credited as the longest continuously operating Black bookstore in the United States. Throughout its ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Two new highway markers will be displayed to designate local Black history landmarks in Hampton Roads, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced Wednesday.
Aug. 17 marks the day Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey was born. Often regarded as a controversial figure in history, Garvey was key in making the “back to Africa” movement mainstream.