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Book SynopsisOriginally published in two volumes between 1923 and 1925, Africa for Africans: Or, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey is a compilation of letters, speeches and essays by one of the Fathers of Pan-Africanism.
Hailed by Martin Luther King, Jr. as, "the first man of color. . . to make the Negro feel like he was somebody," Marcus Garvey was a polarizing yet influential figure whose legacy continues to be felt today. These philosophies, collected by Amy Jacques Garvey, his second wife and a pioneering journalist, chronicle Garvey's initial impressions and recollections of America, the formation of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), his imprisonment and subsequent trial over the Black Star Line, and his scathing opinions of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Including such pieces as, "An Appeal to the Soul of White America," "The Negro's Greatest Enemy," and "Declaration of Rights of the Negroes of the World," Africa for Africans; Or, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey is an essential piece of Black history, professionally typeset and reimagined for modern readers.
Table of ContentsA Word on The Philosophies of Marcus Garvey
VOLUME I
Preface
Part I
Epigrams
Part II
Propaganda
Slavery
Force
Education
Miscegenation
Prejudice
Radicalism
Government
Evolution & the Result
Poverty
Power
Universal Suspicion
Dissertation on Man
Race Assimilation
Christianity
The Function of Man
Traitors
Part III
Present Day Civilization
Divine Apportionment of Earth
Universal Unrest in 1922
World Disarmament
Cause of Wars
World Readjustment
The Fall of Governments
Great Ideals Know No Nationality
Purpose of Creation
Purity of Race
Man know Thyself
A Solution for World Peace in 1922
God as a War Lord
The Image of God
Part IV
The Slave Trade
Negroes’ Status Under Alien Governments
The Negro as an Industrial Makeshift
Lack of Cooperation in the Negro Race
White man’s Solution for the Negro Problem in America
The True Solution of the Negro Problem
White Propaganda about Africa
The Three Stages of the Negro in Contact with the White Man
Booker T. Washington’s Program
Belief that Race Problem will Adjust Itself a Fallacy
Examples of white Christian Control of Africa
The Thought behind their deeds
Similarity of Persecution
Shall the Negro be exterminated?
Africa for the Africans
The Future As I see it
Part V
Emancipation Speech
Christmas Message
Easter Sermon
Convention Speech
Statement on arrest
VOLUME II
Preface
Part I: An Appeal to White America
An Appeal to White America
Racial Reforms and Reformers
The Crime of Injustice
World Materialism
Who and What Is a Negro
An Appeal to the Conscience of the Black Race
Christ, the First Great Reformer
The Negro’s Place in World Reorganization
Aims and Objects of Movement, etc.
Will Negroes Succumb to the White Man’s Plan, etc.
An Analysis of Warren G. Harding
An Expose of the Caste System Among Negroes
Africa’s Wealth
The Negro, Communism and His Friend
Capitalism and the State
Governing the Ideal State
The “Colored” of Negro Press
What We Believe
History of the Negro
The Internal Prejudices of Negroes
A Tribute to the Late Sir Isaiah Morter
A Speech on the Principles of U.N.I.A
A Speech Delivered at Carnegie Hall
A Speech on Disarmament Conference, Telegram Sent and Reply
A Speech Delivered at Madison Square Garden
The Negroes Greatest Enemy
Declaration of Rights of the Negroes of the World
Part II: United States of America vs. Marcus Garvey
Was Justice Defeated?
Brief for Plaintiff-in-Error
Testimony of Mailing Clerk
Decision of Circuit Court of Appeals
Stripping the Effect to Show Crime
Last Speech Before Incarceration in Tombs Prison
Address to Jury at Close of Trial
Statement to the Press on Release From the Tombs Prison
First Speech After Release From the Tombs Prison
First Message From Atlanta Prison
Using the Government, etc., to Defeat Justice
Application for Pardon and Reply
A Strange Comparison
Salaries to Officers of U.N.I.A & Oaths They Took
A Race That Steals From and Double Crosses Itself
Eight Negroes vs. Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. Dubois—A Hater of Dark People
Why I Have Not Spoken in Chicago
A Message From Atlanta, August, 1925
Statement of Conviction
How Alleged Crimes Are Disposed Of
The Ideal of Two Races
An Answer to the Appeal (Speech by Mr. John Powell)
Part III
The Plot
Scene Africa
Scene Liberia, W. Africa, etc.
Letter From Com. Garcia to Pres. King and Reply
Liberian Committees, Suggestions, etc.
Petition to Liberian Senate
Robbing the Negro’s Values
Scene Aboard Ship “Paris”
Eli Garcia’s Confidential Report
Scene League of Nations
Scene Harlem
The Betrayal of a Struggling Race
