And this race of ours thatcan not get recognition and respect in the country where we were slaves, by using ourown ability, power and genius, would develop for ourselves in another country in our habitat a nation of our own, and be able to send back from that country,—from that  native habitat—to the country where we were once enslaved, representatives of our race, that would get as much respect as any other ambassadors from any other race or nation. Man being created equal fears not man but God. So for us toencourage the idea that one day Negroes will rise to the highest in the administration ofthis white government, is only encouraging a vain hope.The only wise thing for us as ambitious Negroes to do, is to organize the world over,and build up for the race a mighty nation of our own in Africa.

The hidden spirit of America is determined that it shall neverbe, caring not what hopes and promises we get.But history has recorded where a race of slaves through evolution, through progress,has risen to the heights where they ruled and dominated those who once enslavedthem, but that race of slaves has always had to betake itself to other habitats (usually their own native land) and there, apart from those who once enslaved them, developeda power of their own, a strength of their own, and in the higher development of thatstrength, and of that power, they, like others, have made conquests, and the conquests sometimes have enabled them to enslave those Who once enslaved them. © 2014 Marcus Garvey Tribute. To be humanly ambitious is to take in the world which is the province of man; to be divinely ambitious is to offend God by rivaling him in His infinite Majesty. Jamaican political leader, who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, founder the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), founder of the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of … Jamaican political leader, who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, founder the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), founder of the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands. Independence of nationality, independence of government, is the means of protecting not only the individual, but the group. Introduction . philosophy & opinions BELIEF THAT RACE PROBLEM WILL ADJUST ITSELF . Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Nació el 17 de Agosto de 1887 en la ciudad de Saint Ann’s Bay, un pequeño poblado de Jamaica.

Some of our leaders in the Negro race flatter themselves into believing that the problemof black and white in America will work itself out, and that all the Negro has to do is tobe humble, submissive and obedient, and everything will work out well in the “Sweetbye and bye”.

philosophy & opinions EDUCATION is the medium by which a people are prepared for the creation of theirown particular civilization, and the advancement and glory of their own race. NATIONHOOD is the only means by which modern civilization can completely protect itself. EDUCATION is the medium by which a people are prepared for the creation of theirown particular civilization, and the advancement and glory of their own race.

To go on without looking back, reaching to that which gives satisfaction.

This opened up to the eyesof the white nation the possibility of the black man governing the white man in theseUnited States of America—the possibility of the black man making laws to govern thewhite man?