Wednesday, March 13, 2013

THE BETRAYAL OF MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY


THE BETRAYAL,TRIAL, CONVICTION, AND DEPORTATION OF MARCUS GARVEY IS ONE OF THE MOST SORDID EPISODES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT INVOLVED BLACK MARXISTS/SOCIALISTS; WHITE AND BLACK INTEGRATIONISTS; EUROPEAN COLONIALISTS IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, COMBINED. TONY MARTIN'S BOOK, "RACE FIRST," IS A GOOD READ.
Also, the hostility of the U.S. and white society to African economic advancement during the period is revealed in the fact that only two years after the launching of the Black Star Line, the Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma was attacke...See More
Photo: Also, the hostility of the U.S. and white society to African economic advancement during the period is revealed in the fact that only two years after the launching of the Black Star Line, the Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma was attacked and bombed, destroying it. Today no one claims that the destruction in Tulsa was due to the ineptitude of the African business people there. No. Ineptitude was not the primary factor in the failure of the Black Star Line. The most critical factor in its failure was the active opposition and sabotage by the U.S. government, the white left, and the African petty bourgeoisie. The Communist Party USA worked tirelessly to undermine Garvey while the NAACP and W.E.B. Du Bois actively sought the support of the U.S. attorney general to acquire a ship that could be used to destroy the Black Star Line. Along with the white left and African petty bourgeois active opposition, the Bureau of Investigation (precursor to the FBI), launched its own vicious campaign to rid the imperialist world of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA. In 1922, Garvey would be indicted by the U.S. government on contrived charges of using the mail to defraud through sale of the Black Star Line stock.
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