Marcus Garvey Quotes

“On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atonement or Remembrance (NOT ONE), no thanks for 400+ years of free labor, forced servitude across the Trans-Atlantic, ass beatings, buying ourselves and families out of slavery, rape and plunder...but everyone else has monuments, special museums, and even movies. This is what America thinks of black people, so-called black president and all, who has been largely silent on this subject...we'll even celebrate Leprechauns, Easter Bunnies, and Secretary's Day before we acknowledge our history.”
― Brandi L. Bates

“If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.”
― Marcus Garvey

“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.”
― Marcus Garvey, Emancipated From Mental Slavery

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. (incorrectly attributed to Marcus Garvey)”
― Charles Seifert, The Negro's or Ethiopian's Contribution to Art

“We can appreciate a pan-African congress in Africa, or a pan-African congress in America, where 15,000,000 Negroes live, or a pan-African congress in the West Indies, where 20,000,000 Negroes live, but we cannot see the reasonableness of a pan-African congress in Europe; and for that reason and for others, we consider that it is only a subterfuge.”
― Marcus Garvey, Emancipated From Mental Slavery

“The Pan-African Congress is for conference, acquaintanceship and general organization. It has nothing to do with the so called Garvey movement”
― W.E.B. Du Bois