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Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley: The prophet and the profit.

Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley: The prophet and the profit.

‘One Love’ – Marcus “The Prophet” Garvey ‘One Love’ – Bob “The Profit” Marley ‘We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.’ – Marcus “The Prophet” Garvey “Emancipate yourself...
Black Migration, the “Red Summer,” and the “Red Scare” of 1919

Black Migration, the “Red Summer,” and the “Red Scare” of 1919

Black Activism and the Communist and Socialist Parties of the early Twentieth Century by Darius Spearman As new immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe during World War I, many African Americans found value in the insights and philosophies that these new arrivals...