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Amy Ashwood Garvey (née Ashwood; 10 January 1897 – 3 May 1969) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist. She was a director of the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, and along with her former husband Marcus Garvey she founded the Negro World newspaper.
25 de feb. de 2007 · Amy Ashwood Garvey was born in Jamaica and became the chief aide and secretary of Marcus Garvey, the founder of the UNIA. She also campaigned for African independence and women's rights, and lived in London, West Africa and Jamaica.
24 de abr. de 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Amy Ashwood Garvey, a Jamaican-born leader who co-founded the UNIA and the IAFA with Marcus Garvey. She also established the Afro-Women’s Centre in London and fought for black empowerment in Jamaica.
1 de ago. de 2009 · Amy Ashwood was an activist in the pan-African movement, a feminist, and the first wife of Marcus Garvey. Their marriage ended after two months, when Garvey left her for Ashwood’s chief bridesmaid and best friend Amy Jacques.
7 de ene. de 2021 · Amy Ashwood Garvey was a race woman, a ‘street-strolling’ Pan-Africanist and leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. For this gifted conversationalist, public orator and rhetorician, political praxis and organizing were a way of theorizing.
20 de may. de 2024 · Amy Ashwood was a Jamaican feminist, playwright, and pan-Africanist who helped to establish the Universal Negro Improvement Association with Marcus Garvey in 1914. She was Garvey's secretary, lover, and companion until their divorce in 1922.
Learn about the life and legacy of Amy Ashwood-Garvey, a Jamaican feminist and activist who co-founded the UNIA-ACL and the Negro World newspaper. She also supported anti-colonial movements in the Caribbean and Africa, and opened a nightclub for radical thinkers in London.
