Jamaican national hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who continues to get much respect in the island country and diaspora communities around the world, will be recognized on Aug. 20 at a ceremony in the ...

Africanism, pioneer of black pride, freedom fighter. His influence sparked black power movements from the Nation of Islam to ...

November 10: Garvey's body is returned to Jamaica. The following day he is declared the country's first national hero. He is buried in the Marcus Garvey Memorial, National Heroes' Park ...