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 Historical Documents and Photographs Marcus Garvey Foundation, Inc.

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

James G. Spady

Marcus Garvey Foundation Publishers

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Marcus Garvey Foundation (a non-profit educational organization), this collection brings together essays by established and emerging scholars that examine a wide range of topics relating to the history of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, as well as broader issues in local, global, and transnational histories of the African diaspora.

New Perspectives on the History of Marcus Garvey, the U.N.I.A., and the African Diaspora

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

New Perspectives on the History of Marcus Garvey, the U.N.I.A., and the African Diaspora