A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol. 1, 1923
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Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, and orator who became a prominent figure in the early 20th century Pan-African movement. He is known for founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and advocating for Black nationalism and economic empowerment for people of African descent worldwide.
1887–1940·lived 52 years
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol. 1, 1923
God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol. 1, 1923
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!Speech, delivered in Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1937
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol. 1, 1923
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.The Philosophy & Opinions of Marcus Garvey, or Africa for the Africans
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