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Marcus Garvey, born on August 17, 1887, and died on June 10, 1940, was a prominent publisher, politician, social activist, and leader of the Black Rights Movement from Jamaica. He advocated for African nationalism and the idea of black people returning to Africa, promoting the concepts of black self-determination and unity on a global scale.

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Famous Marcus Garvey Quotes

“The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be killed. Get organized and you will compel the world to respect you.”

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Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

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“At no time within the last five-hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.”

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“History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life.”

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“History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing and scraping, but all that has been achieved to the glory of mankind, to the glory and honour of races and nations was through the manly determination and effort of those who lead and those who are led.”

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Book:The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. II: August 1919-August 1920

Source: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. II: August 1919-August 1920

“The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guide-post of that movement's destiny, that nation's destiny, that race's destiny.”

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“There is nothing in the world common to man, that man cannot do.”

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“What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.”

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“Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.”

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