Grassroots Garveyism - The Universal Negro Improvement Association in the Rural South, 1920

Klappentext The black separatist movement led by Marcus Garvey has long been viewed as a phenomenon of African American organization in the urban North. But as Mary Rolinson demonstrates! the largest number of Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) divisions and GarveyAAA1/2s most devoted and loyal followers were found in the southern Black Belt. Rolinson remaps the movement to include this vital but overlooked region! and offers a view of what southern Garveyites were like. Even after the UNIA had all but disappeared in the South in the 1930s! she says! the movement's tenets of race organization! unity! and pride continued to flourish in other forms of black protest for generations. Zusammenfassung The black separatist movement led by Marcus Garvey has long been viewed as a phenomenon of African American organization in the urban North. This title demonstrates that the largest number of Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) divisions and Garvey's most devoted and loyal followers were found in the southern Black Belt.

About the author

Mary G. Rolinson is lecturer of history at Georgia State University.

Product details

• Authors: Mary G Rolinson, Mary G. Rolinson
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2007
• EAN: 9780807857953
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-5795-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: John Hope Franklin Series in A; The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture; John Hope Franklin Series in A; The John Hope Franklin African
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore