UNIA and African American Civil Rights
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 02-06-17 17:51
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- Universal ***** Improvement Association (UNIA)
- Garvey's newspaper in large circulation
- Membership reached 1 million
- Worth of AAs
- Did not focus on highlighting black victims and showing harsh treatment
- Celebrated African values and strengths
- Had international support
- Used religious-type fervour and had dynamic and charismatic leader
- Did not focus on highlighting black victims and showing harsh treatment
- Weaknesses
- Little chance of alliance with white liberal America and although Garvey had private army, could save him from arrest and imprisonment
- Unlike NAACP and CORE, goals were difficult to define and achieve in short-term
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