Marcus Garvey: Jazz, Reggae, Hip Hop and the African Diaspora

Marcus Garvey: Jazz, Reggae, Hip Hop, and the African Diaspora re-examines the history of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, as well as their legacies across the twentieth century. It focuses on the lives of Marcus Garvey, Thomas W. Harvey (successor to Garvey), Jean Harvey Slappy, Joseph A. Bailey, Esq., and the continuity of thought and action in the Black Power/Black Arts Movement, Rastafarianism, Jazz, Reggae, Hip Hop, and Dancehall. How did Garveyism influence artists and theorists as varied as: Black Arts proponent Larry Neal; Jazz musicians Max Roach, Dave Burrell, and Grachan Moncur, III; Reggae musicians Burning Spear, Cherine Anderson, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh; and many others?

CONTENTS
1. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, 1887-1940: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of His Birth
James G. Spady
2. Thomas W. Harvey's Route to President of Philadelphia's U.N.I.A., Vice-Chairman of the Rehabilitating Committee, and President-General
James G. Spady
3. After Garvey's Death: The Emergence of the Rehabilitating Committee, 1940-1950
James G. Spady
4. Growing Up In A Garvey Influenced Household
Jean Harvey Slappy
5. Joseph A. Bailey, Esq.: An Oral Memoir
Jospeh A. Bailey, Esq.
6. "Can I Tell You This Story, Or Will You Send Me Through All Kinds of Changes?": Larry Neal's North Philly World and the Theorization of the Black Arts Movement
James G. Spady
7. Historicizing the G: The Nature of Geneva Smitherman's Life and Work
James G. Spady
8. Methodology and Memory: A Graphic Narrative of the 1987 Garvey Centenary and Conference
Leandre Jackson
9. Grachan Moncur and the Jazz 'Space Station'
James G. Spady
10. Garveyism and the Rastafari Movement
Barry Chevannes
11. Umum Women of the Caribbean: Olivia Grange, Dr. Carolyn Cooper, and Cherine Anderson
James G. Spady
12. Historical Documents and Photographs
Marcus Garvey Foundation, Inc.