Marcus Garvey Typed Letter Signed 12/23/1938

Make an Offer Today and Get a Quick Response! Take a Look at This Week's Specials! MARCUS GARVEY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/23/1938 - HFSID 178370. TLS: " Marcus M Garvey ", 1p, 8¼x11. London, England, 1938 December 23. On letterhead of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League to Miss Edna Grear, Secy. Garvey Club Camden, Camden, New Jersey. Jones being elected Commissioner of New Jersey will have to be gone into by the President-General, before anything is done in the matter, but no doubt he will be communicating with you on the matter in the near future. Evans a Pledge Card and Pledge Slip to fill out, together with covering letter explaining the complete Plan. With very best wishes for your success. Affixed at upper left corner is 3½x2½ pink receipt slip filled out in another hand. Called the "Father of Negro Nationalism", Garvey signed this letter just three years after moving the Universal Negro Improvement Association from Jamaica to London in an attempt to revitalize his organization. A proponent of Black pride and racial separation, he had founded the UNIA in his native Jamaica. To unite American Blacks and raise the funds needed for his proposed exodus to Africa, he moved to New York in 191 6. During the UNIA's first international convention at Harlem's Liberty Hall in 1920, the "Black Moses" gained great popularity as a result of his remarkable speeches embracing the uniqueness of the Black heritage.

He claimed some two million followers during his "Harlem Renaissance" and established several businesses to assist his people. One of his enterprises, a steamship company called the Black Star Line, resulted in his downfall. President Calvin Coolidge commuted the sentence two years later, but Garvey was immediately deported to Jamaica.

He severed his ties with the American branches, and renamed his organization the Parent Body of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, the title used on this letterhead. His efforts in London never generated adequate support, and he died there two years after signing this letter.

Folds, vertical fold touches the upper loop of the "G" and the "ar" of Garvey. ½-inch separation at blank left margin at mid-horizontal fold, ½-inch separation at upper blank margin at vertical fold. Ink is smudged at 5 words of receipt, transference at lower blank margin of letter. See more material from these signers. See more listings in our RELIGION & HUMANITARIANS (550).

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Authentication: Numbered COA issued by Gallery of History, Inc.
Signed by: Marcus Garvey
Autograph Type: Typed Letter Signed
Autograph: Authentic Original