HISTORY

History

History

The Black nationalists and freedom fighters before and after Marcus Garvey were saying, no more or less than what Garvey had said in word and deed: "Up! Up! You mighty race. You can accomplish what you will”. It was particularly evident that emancipation of slaves had not altered the economic conditions of the black masses in the New American South. Racial segregation had become a crucial issue in the South and, the blacks suffered discrimination in all spheres (public and private institutions) between 1890 and 1910 (Garvey, 2004).

This was accompanied by the disenfranchisement of the black voters. It ...