New 25-day series, Lessons from Marcus Garvey. The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey (August 17, 1887 - June 10, 1940), is Jamaica’s first National Hero, pioneering Pan- African philosopher, visionary, Black nationalist and political leader.
Lately I have been reading a lot of Garvey particularly, Tony Martin’s Race First and Marcus Garvey Message to the People (the majority of the books are available in Google Books).
Lately I have been reading a lot of Garvey particularly, Tony Martin’s Race First and Marcus Garvey Message to the People (the majority of the books are available in Google Books).
Marcus Garvey’s African Fundamentalism
The time has come for the Negro to forget and cast
behind him his hero worship and adoration of other races, and to start out
immediately, to create and emulate heroes of his own.
We must canonize our own saints, create our own
martyrs, and elevate to positions of fame and honor black men and women who
have made their distinct contributions to our racial history. Sojourner Truth
is worthy of the place of sainthood alongside of Joan of Arc; Crispus Attucks
and George William Gordon are entitled to the halo of martyrdom with no less
glory than that of the martyrs of any other race. Toussaint L'Ouverture's
brilliancy as a soldier and statesman outshone that of a Cromwell, Napoleon and
Washington; hence, he is entitled to the highest place as a hero among men.
Africa has produced countless numbers of men and women, in war and in peace,
whose lustre and bravery outshine that of any other people. Then why not see
good and perfection in ourselves?
Ours the Right to Our Doctrine
We must inspire a literature and promulgate a doctrine
of our own without any apologies to the powers that be. The right is ours and
God's. Let contrary sentiment and cross opinions go to the winds. Opposition to
race independence is the weapon of the enemy to defeat the hopes of an
unfortunate people. We are entitled to our own opinions and not obligated to or
bound by the opinions of others.
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