Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

by Julius Garvey (Editor)

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

238 pages, Paperback

Published November 19, 2024

About the author

Dr. Julius W. Garvey, M.D., C.M. (McGill University, 1961; B.S., McGill, 1957), is a thoracic surgeon and medical professor, the younger of two sons of Marcus Garvey and Amy Jacques Garvey. He has been an instructor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Columbia University, and State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Reviews

[Andre(Read-A-Lot) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that is being published in support of the ongoing movement to secure exoneration and a posthumous pardon for the most Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The struggle to receive justice for Marcus Garvey has gone on for over a century now, and this text will no doubt aid in the resources that help tell the story of the railroading of Marcus Garvey on sham mail fraud charges.

The real desire was to eliminate Marcus Garvey, as he had built the largest mass movement of Black people in history. And as he was becoming more effective, the government viewed him as increasingly dangerous and targeted him for elimination. To those unfamiliar with Marcus Garvey, this text will be enlightening and educational. To those of us more intimately familiar with Garvey, this book serves as a reminder that, great movements can be easily derailed and the work is not finished.

A couple of essays standout for me. One by Maulana Karenga and the other by extraordinary psychologist Linda James Myers who pens a brilliant piece tying the vision of Marcus Garvey to the “deep structure of this African wisdom tradition, reiterating and bringing forward the cultural insights for life and the soul needed to support the shifting of our consciousness…..” She is talking about optimal psychology here.

This was good book and all the essays were informative in the history and case of Garvey. I wish to give a big thanks to NetGalley and Broadleaf Press for an advanced DRC, I am truly humbled to be an early reader of what I’m certain will become a vital resource in the continuing effort of justice for Marcus Garvey. The book drops Nov. 19, 2024

[Glenda Nelms]

"We must canonize our own saints create our martyrs and elevate to positions of fame and honor Black men and women who have made their distinct contributions to our racial history."-Marcus Garvey

Day 15 of the Black Male Author Bookstatour

Justice for Marcus Garvey is a collection of personal narratives and informative essays about Garvey's life and work, and his essential influence on current social justice movements. The book features contributions from activists and thought leader such as author Ta-Nehisi Coates, Troy Johnson, president of the African American Literature Book Club; Maulana Karenga, the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa, Raminda Lark Young, co-owner of Mahogny Books (Black Bookstore located in Washington DC), and many other people.

Marcus Garvey was a Black Political activist, orator, journalist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, with a following of more than six million African descended people worldwide.

[Haerlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

My grandmother was a follower of Garveyism, and through her, I gained substantial knowledge about Marcus Garvey. I fully support the call for his posthumous exoneration. I suggest this book to Black literary groups, students of mutual aid, and scholars of American, Caribbean, and Black history, as well as those interested in presidential pardons and legal studies.

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

*Thank you to Broadleaf Books for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.*

This is an excellent collection of scholarly essays. The piece seeks the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey's conviction on trumped up federal charges.

Each essay offers a distinct yet vital defense of Garvey. We hear from the author Ta-Nehisi Coates, legal professors, publishers, amongst various well-credentialed thought leaders. They describe how Garvey's agitation for social justice led to the FBI's efforts to counter his influence, ultimately indicting him on exaggerated charges.

I felt like the book would benefit from a more nuanced portrait of Garvey himself.

In public and private, he fiercely feuded with W. E. B. DuBois.

After Garvey's indictment, he met with of the KKK's Imperial Wizards at an Atlanta office. He went as far as thanking Whites for Jim Crow, praising its "honesty." He argued the Klan and other racist groups were "better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together."

When the jury found him guilty, he shouted at the judge and district attorney, calling them "damned dirty Jews." As he awaited sentencing, he blamed a Jewish cabal for the verdict .

I recognize that such an honest portrait could be viewed as limiting in a push to pardon Garvey's wrongful conviction. That said, I think it's vital that we recognize nuanced portraits of the Giants in our history.

One can simultaneously allow room for our own convictions: a person can be lauded for their pursuit of justice, and we can also note when those same giants pursued such efforts at the expense of others.

[Kelvin Buck · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is less a history of marcus garveys work than it is a look at how his legacy is living and breathing today. i especially appreciated learning how garveys concepts of self reliance, divorcing social progress from the “white co-sign”, and evolving a business into a cultural institution gave birth to modern movements of minority-owned businesses. unfortunately the essays suffer from being repetitive and disorganized (probably more an issue with the editing than with any of the authors) but it was still worth a read

“when we say we are going to exonerate marcus garvey, it does not mean we are allowing the system to say, “we forgive him.” there is no need for garvey to be forgiven. […] its the government that should ask for forgiveness. garvey needs none.”