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The U N I a Parade in Harlam
Marcus garvey and the u n i a drew tens of thousands of supporters into the streets of harlem with huge parades. The organization expanded its reach around the world, attracting two million members across nearly one thousand branches in north and central america,. the caribean africa and great britain. It published a popular magazine, negro world, and launched the negro factories organization to build and operate black owned factories in major cities. Garvey's most daring project was the cre n of an all black shipping company, the black star line, for the purpose of boosting global black economic power. But it attracted the wrath of the n a c p and other civil rights groups who thought
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