Grant, Colin, 1961-

Negro with a hat : the rise and fall of Marcus Garvey / Colin Grant. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 530 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [456]-464) and index.

Prologue : a premature death -- Bury the dead and take care of the living -- Almost an Englishman -- In the company of Negroes -- An ebony orator in Harlem -- No flag but the Stars and Stripes-- and possibly the Union Jack -- If we must die -- How to manufacture a traitor -- Harlem speaks for scattered Ethiopia -- Flyin' home on the Black Star Line -- A star in the storm -- He who plays the king -- Last stop Liberia -- Not to mention his colour -- Behold the demagogue or misunderstood messiah -- Caging the tiger -- Into the furnace -- Silence Mr. Garvey -- Gone to foreign.

9780195367942 (alk. paper) 0195367944 (alk. paper)

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Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.


Universal Negro Improvement Association--History.


African Americans--Biography.
Black nationalism--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Race identity.
Back to Africa movement.


Jamaica--Biography.

E185.97.G3 / G73 2008

320.5/4092 B