Marcus+Garvey+A+Demagogue

Daneille Massicott May 10, 2008
 * __Marcus Garvey, a Demagogue__ **

[|Marcus Garvey]was born in [|St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica] on August 17th 1887. He was the youngest out of 11 children. He grew up thinking that Africans suffered under European rule and he always wanted to do some thing to change that. Garvey moved to [|Kingston Jamaica] to become a foreman of a printing company. He was always a fighter; Garvey got fired from his job as a foreman because he organized a strike against the company for more pay. Garvey moved to America in 1907 where he decides to become a black activist. He formed an organization called Universal Negro Improvement Association [|(UNIA)] to help working class blacks. He organized a Back to Africa movement because he thought black in America were very unhappy. Garvey inspired many people but in the wrong way. He did everything he could to prevent blacks and whites from coming together. He even created black companies so they would have nothing to do with whites. Some people did not like his way of teaching because he had unrealistic dreams and because he was too violent. [|Malcolm X] was inspired by Garvey through his father who was a Garveyite and part of the UNIA. Garvey and [|Martin Luther King] did not get along because they did not like each others ways of preaching. Marcus Garvey was trying to be an inspirational leader to blacks in America, but he was actually a [|demagogue] because he used racism to become popular among blacks, he might have inspired some but did not inspire many. Marcus Garvey Created the United Negro Improvement Association to offer hopes for working class blacks. This was the largest African American movement in the history of African Americans fighting for their freedom. The message of this group was to take all blacks back to Africa. He was not trying to bring Black and white people together he was just trying to have his own separated world. First, He wanted to create an African nation governed by blacks with no whites allowed. Second, He used the fact that black people did not like whites because of the past to build up his organization. Finally, He was trying to show the new world how much he thought Africans suffered under European rule. Marcus Garvey thought that all blacks belonged on Africa, so he tried to start a Back to Africa movement. [|Duse Mohammed] was a writer and a Pan-African who introduced Garvey to the process and what they believed. He liked it so he joined a [|Pan-African] movement which is a Union of all African nations. He was banned from Africa for being to rebellious, Garvey and his men attacked the colonialism. His aim was to unite blacks from all over the world. The motto for UNIA was “Up up might race. You Can Achieve What You Will. Garvey inspired many african americans but he did it in the wrong way. Malcolm X was a Black Muslim inspired by Garvey’s teachings through his farther. His father was a member of the UNIA who believed very strongly in what Marcus Garvey was teaching. Malcolm X fallow the Black Muslim religion till he found out it was wrong, not only black were Muslim and that white people we not as bad as he was taught they were. In 1923 Garvey was convicted on charges on mail fraud. He got deported from the United States and went to England. Garvey thought everything blacks did should be separated from whites. First, he created the Black Star Line which was to takes transport black who wanted to go back to Africa and Negor Factories Cooperatoion so that black people would promote their products and not buy anything from whites. Second, he also published Negro World and Black Mans Periodicals; these were news papers for black readers only. He had many different Mottos One God, One Aim, One Destiny that meant that their aim was to become an all black nation and they were going to achieve that goal if they believe in God. Another motto he had been Up, Up Mighty Race, You Can accomplish what you will. Garvey thought that Blacks came from the best race and they could rise up if the come together and they will achieve their all goals. Many people didn’t like his strategies they thought that he made black people look bad. First, a lot of people didn’t appreciate his teaching they thought his movement was too racial. [|W.E.B Dubois]and the other people from an organization called National Association for Advancement of Colored People [|(NAACP)] thought Garvey’s leadership style faulty and his dream to unrealistic. Marcus Garvey even wanted Blacks to have their own companies for trading and food. First, He created the Negro Factories Cooperation (NFC). It Started Grocery stores, restaurants, Publishing Companies just so they wouldn't have to buy from whites. Second, the black star line was invented for trade among blacks all over the world. Third, he created news papers for blacks, such as Negro world and Black Mans Periodical. Marcus Garvey was a demagogue; he used the fact that black people did not like white people because of slavery to become popular. He tried to be inspirational but he was doing it in the wrong way. First, Garvey created the United Negro Improvement Association to help working class blacks. Second, he established a Back to Africa movement for blacks to go back to Africa and create their on government. Third, he inspired Malcolm X to do the wrong thing. Forth, he thought he was helping black people when in reality he was making the situation worse for them. Fifth, Many people did not like his strategies because he made black people look to violent. Finally, he created companies for blacks only. People followed Garvey because he was the only inspirational leader who was present at the time. Also black people did not want to bond with whites so the follow his way of teachings. Martin Luther King and Garvey didn’t like each other because they had different ways of trying to make black people happy and they both thought that their way was the right way. Judging to the information given, do you think Garvey was an inspirational leader or a demagogue? __ Works Consulted  __ Source A   Solomon, Irvin D. “Garvey Marcus 1887-1940” __St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.__ Ed. Sare and Tom Pendergast. Volume 2. Detroit. St James Press, 2000. 205-206   This article was a summery from an encyclopedia of Marcus Garvey’s life. It included where he was born to where died. This article also talked about who Garvey inspired and who her didn’t. It included the companies and association he invented for blacks. Source B   Garvey, Marcus Mosiah “__African American Encyclopedia for Students__.” Ed. John Middleton Vol.2. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002. 87   Source C    Garvey, Marcus Mosiah (J.r) Greenwichschools.org/ghs Source D   Universal Negro Improvement Association. “__Encyclopedia of American Culture and History__.” 5vols. Macmillan 1996. Reproduced in History Recourse Center. Farmington Hills MI: Gale Source E   Marcus Garvey, p1, 2p I chose source E because it included really good examples of how negative Garvey was. It also showed how much people didn’t like him. This also included all the companies Garvey invented blacks to stay away form whites.