Marcus Garvey
Subtitle: controversial champion of black pride
By: Anne Schraff.
Series: African-American biographies
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940 -- Juvenile literature.; Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.; Universal Negro Improvement Association -- Juvenile literature.; Universal Negro Improvement Association.; African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Jamaican Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Intellectuals -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Civil rights workers.; African Americans -- Biography.; United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Chronicles the life of Marcus Garvey, a controversial black leader who began a crusade for African Americans to fight against oppression in the early years of the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "No more fear"; title: Jamaican child; title: Central America and London; title: "One God! One aim! One destiny!"; title: The UNIA grows; title: Troubled seas; title: "Into the limelight"; title: On trial; title: Prison and exile; title: Death and legacy.