Question

Which of the following describes Marcus Garvey's philosophy about race and economics?

Garvey called for blacks and whites to work together to improve America.

Garvey believed that American blacks should cut their cultural ties to Africa.

Garvey believed that African Americans faced racism only in the South.

Garvey advocated black pride and black support of black-owned businesses.

Answer 1

Garvey advocated black pride and black support of black owned businesses

Answer 2

The right answer is “Garvey advocated black pride and black support of black-owned businesses”. Marcus Garvey grew up in poverty, surrounded by the struggle of blacks to increase political, economic, and social equality. He developed a set of beliefs that influenced many people and encouraged many blacks to put forth extra effort to get ahead. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA is the largest African-American movement to date. The main principle of this movement was "to unify people of color against imperialism all over the world". Garvey’s policy focused on the ideas of bonding the black race, educating all blacks, creating a strong economy that blacks could count on and promoting Christianity to all blacks. The emphasis was on self-help.