Who was Marcus Garvey and why was he a divisive figure in the expanding movement for civil rights?

Question

Nativism , Harlem renaissance , Sacco and Vanzetti , racial perspective ,ethnic perspective, red scare , and the 1920’s

Answer 1

Marcus Garvey was the first leader of the NAACP, which was one of the first civil rights organizations for black people in this country. However, he has a controversial legacy as a leader who agreed with the KKK, by claiming "White and Blacks cannot possibly co-exist". He was also a champion of same race marriage, and was spearheading the charge to bring black people back to Africa because he thought that Africa was the only continent in which black people could be really safe. He was also indicted by the US Government for mail fraud in relation to his shipping company "Black Star Line". There has been some speculation over the years that these were actually trumped up charges levied against him, since the US Government, under Warren Harding, were not thrilled to have such radical presence in their country. After he was jailed, Garvey was later deported back to Jamaica and later died in exile.