Aims and contributions

What was the aims?

Nationalist black-based organisation which stressed the worth of AAs in a wide context

What did the parades in New York do in the 1920s?

They were amongst the largest ever seen in the city, membership may have reached a million,

What didnt they focus on?

Highlighting black victims and showing harsh treatment, it celebrated African values and strengths instead

What did they stress?

Economic improvement and enterprise from the start

What support did they have?

International

What did they use?

Religious-type fervour and had a dynamic and charismatic leader that foreshadowed King

What was there little chance of?

An alliance with white liberal America and although Garvey had a private army, it could not save him from arrest and imprisonment

What did it not pursue?

Aims of white americans, but rather used the economic power of modern capitalism to generate enterprises and a major shipping line

What was it a forerunner to?

Black Power