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Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

S13E6 Feb 12, 2001 Runtime TBD

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind still

Recalling racial-pride advocate Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), whose grand (some said grandiose) vision included an Africa run by Africans. Garvey's Harlem-based United Negro Improvement Association was more than just a civil-rights group -- it was a business and publishing empire. But it wasn't a well-run one, and his story doesn't have a happy ending (due, in part, to a young Justice Department lawyer named J. Edgar Hoover). Still, says narrator Carl Lumbly, Garvey "changed forever the way black Americans looked at themselves and the world.

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Episode details

Episode: S13E6

Aired: Feb 12, 2001

Runtime: Runtime TBD

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