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“We need the Black Man in our homes because they provide guidance, protection, direction, instruction, discipline, gratification, and fulfillment, which a lot of Black women are pretending they don’t even need no more. They turn around trying to act like men.”

Repost @ineverknewtv ・・・ While many people have heard of Marcus Garvey, very few are aware of the magnitude of his accomplishments. Garvey was a visionary leader, industrious and one of America’s greatest orators of the 20th century. He is rarely mentioned in the historical texts given to schoolchildren of African descent.

There are no holidays, memorabilia, famous speeches, or posters in high circulation about this great man. America is very selective about the heroes it allows its dark citizens to be exposed to. We are aware of the common names given to us during our childhood: George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King Jr., Fredrick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and a sentence or two on Malcolm X. The majority of African American history seems to be centered on slavery and the civil rights movement.

Garvey’s absence is strategic — for his message of self-love and self-reliance is so captivating and inspires the least of men become the greatest.

Marcus Garvey’s role in American history is paramount, though the acknowledgement of his role is miniscule. Garvey, unlike the great men previously mentioned, was not born in America, nor did he receive a collegiate education. His rise as the leader not just of African Americans but Africans ‘at home and abroad’ seemed scripted from a Hollywood movie.

Garvey was a Jamaican immigrant who mastered his oratory skills on the corners of Harlem speaking atop soap boxes to anyone who would hear. He rose to be the spokesperson for Africans across the world, landing himself a top spot on the list of the Bureau of Investigation, now known as the FBI. His courage, ambition, and perseverance led him to accomplish the unthinkable in a short period of time. Marcus Garvey organized and centralized Africans worldwide with his message of self-sufficiency, love of self and of one’s heritage, and “Africa for the Africans”. Garvey possessed unmatched resilience coupled with a monstrous ability to maintain confidence while subject to slander and the failures of his projects. His perseverance against trials and tribulations is an attribute all must copy from this great man…… LJH