Garvey, Liberia and Firestone Black Rubber and Redemption (Pt 4)

A Pan-African Nationalist is a Black person who believes in the oneness of all African people worldwide, even though we are temporarily separated by space and thought; one who believes that all Black people have a common past and present, and if we work together, a common future.

- Khabyr Hadas

A Pan-African Nationalist is a Black person who overstands that we as a people will never be respected or taken seriously by ourselves or others until Mother Africa and her people are unified and empowered.

Sisters and brothers, the divisions that have been imposed upon us through “the rule of divide and conquer,” which led to the legacy of slavery and colonization, are still alive and well amongst us.

This is the main reason why I am dedicated, committed, and motivated to teach our youth about their glorious history in the classroom, author books about the World African experience, and write a weekly column in the powerful SCOOP USA newspaper. Our dis-unity is one of the main reasons I have been a (20) year member of the UNIA-ACL, which was founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914.

Marcus Garvey was a leader who fought for the rights of all Black people throughout North America, South America, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and any place Black people inhabited.

This (4) part series on Marcus Garvey and Liberia gave the readers a glimpse of the power of the UNIAACL and the collective efforts to secure a land base for all people of African descent. The series also highlighted the Black men who betrayed Mr. Garvey.