Veiled Garvey The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey

Name: Veiled Garvey The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey
Price: 41.94 USD
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ISBN: 9780807853863

ISBN-10: 0807853860

ISBN-13: 9780807853863

Edition: 2002

Authors: Ula Yvette Taylor

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In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the twentieth century: Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973). Born in Jamaica, Amy Jacques moved in 1917 to Harlem, where she became involved in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest Pan-African organization of its time. She served as the private secretary of UNIA leader Marcus Garvey; in 1922, they married. Soon after, she began to give speeches and to publish editorials urging black women to participate in the Pan-African movement and addressing issues that affected people of African descent across the globe. After her husband's…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English