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Dreams, Creatures, and Visions

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Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line

The Black Star Line embodied everything Garvey had preached in Harlem. The ships he purchased were in disrepair and his allies began turning against him. He was convicted for mail fraud, jailed and then deported back to Jamaica. Colin Grant says that Garvey remains alive because his ideas live on through the people who still aspire to live the future he dreamed.

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