Garvey
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972.
First Edition. 305 pp. 8vo. Original black cloth boards with green-foiled stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket shows light edge-wear and minor rubbing; wrapped in mylar; boards are clean and corners are sharp; internally fine.
A compelling biography of Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born visionary who created the largest mass movement in African American history. Elton C. Fax meticulously traces Garvey's journey from his early days in the West Indies to the height of his power in Harlem with the UNIA. Fax explores the Back to Africa movement, the Black Star Line, and the complex legal battles that eventually led to Garvey's deportation. Case 1
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