Marcus Mosiah Garvey has long since past, his presence will never be forgotten. In his own time, he was hailed as a redeemer, a "Black Moses" who tried to lead his people to freedom, who dared to dream about and preach black redemption and black pride.
A man with a BRILLIANT VISION for the BLACK RACE.
Accomplishments:
Negro Factories Corporation
Chain of grocery stores
A restaurant
A steam laundry
A tailor and dressmaking shop
A millenary store
A publishing house - The Negro World - circulation reached 65,000 worldwide
The most important and promising, the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, was launched in 1919.