Join thought leaders fighting to win the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey, one of the most influential figures in Black history. Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Black political activist, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, which had a following of more than six million African descended people worldwide. Despite his massive popularity, this Jamaican born international leader was wrongfully sentenced to prison by the U.S. government on trumped-up mail-fraud charges. While exoneration efforts began immediately and have continued since his sentencing, a new groundswell movement for Garvey's posthumous pardon is underway--led by his nonagenarian, still-spirited son, Julius Garvey. Edited by Julius Garvey, Justice for Marcus Garvey is a collection of informative essays and personal narratives about the senior Garvey's life and work, demonstrating his essential influence on current social justice movements. The book features contributions from thought leaders and activists, including a foreword by bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Contributors include Paul Coates, founder/director of Black Classic Press; Goulda Downer, president of the Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC); Justin Hansford, professor at Howard University School of Law; and Maulana Karenga, widely known as the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa. Justice for Marcus Garvey is a tribute and rallying cry for one of the preeminent champions of Black pride and self-determination.
Julius W. Garvey, MD, FACS, FRCS, is a retired board-certified cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon who practices in New York. He is affiliated with Northwell Health System and is clinical associate professor of surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been educated in England, Canada, Jamaica, and the United States. He lectures on the life and legacy of his father, the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Between the World and Me, a finalist for the National Book Award. A MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow, Coates has received the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and the George Polk Award for his Atlantic cover story "The Case for Reparations." He lives in New York with his wife and son.
Foreword Ta-Nehisi Coates Introduction Julius W. Garvey, M.D. Part 1 The Exoneration Effort Chapter 1 Justice for Marcus Garvey--The Posthumous Exoneration Effort Goulda Downer, PhD, Global Effort Chair Why the need for a posthumous exoneration? What is the presidential pardon process How does the pardon process work? How long has this process to exonerate Marcus Garvey been going on? The 2016 Effort The 2022 Exoneration Effort Global Focus Asia Africa Europe South America North America Chapter 2 The Legacy of Marcus Garvey in Black Bookselling and Publishing and the Black Book Industry Movement to Exonerate Paul Coates, Black Classic Press with Apryl Motely Garvey was a publisher and book seller, a model for us today. Ramunda Lark Young, Mahogany Books, Washington, DC Kassahun Checole, Africa World Press and the Red Sea Press, Trenton, NJ Haki Madhubuti, Third World Press, Chicago, IL Troy Johnson, aalbc.com, African American Literary Book Club, Tampa, FL Wade Hudson, Just Us Books, West Orange, NJ James Fugate, Eso Won Books, Los Angeles, CA Shrikiana Gerima, Sankofa Video Books and Cafe, Washington, DC Chapter 3 The Garvey Movement: Personal, Powerful, Political Nkechi Taifa, Esq. Chapter 4 The Vindication of Marcus Garvey Marcus Maulana Karenga, Ph.D. Part 2 Understanding the Legal Wrong and Efforts to Right It Chapter 5 Global Garveyism in the Black Liberation Struggle Adam Ewing, Ph.D. A Politics of Refusal The Accepted Voice of an Awakened Race Quiet and Peaceful Penetration Legacies Chapter 6 Travesty of Justice: The Context of the Conviction and How They Jailed a Rainbow Justin Hansford, Esq. Chapter 7 Howard University - A Century In Defense of Marcus Garvey Mwariama Kamau. Part 3 Garvey's Activism in Jamaica Chapter 8 Garvey Fights Racial Capitalism of the British Empire in Jamaica Rupert Lewis, Ph.D. Chapter 9 Lewis Ashenheim's Legal Defense of Marcus Garvey in Jamaica Lynda R. Edwards Part 4 Garvey Lives! Chapter 10 Wading in the Great River Garvey Karl B. Rodney Chapter 11 Trauma, The Whirlwind, and Redeeming the Soul of America Linda James Myers, Ph.D. Postscript Julius Garvey Essential reading by and about Marcus Garvey Index
