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The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Harlem

April 26, 2011 Stephen Robertson 3 Comments

Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was headquartered in Harlem from 1918 to 1927. The organization generally appears in…

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