How Did Marcus Garvey Change Jamaica

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Marcus Garvey was born on August 17 1887 in Saint Ann’s Bay Jamaica. He was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, and journalist. Growing up, Garvey didn’t experience much racial segregation being that he was born in Jamaica. It wasn’t until the age 14, Marcus Garvey experience his first piece of racism. One day while hanging out with some white friends, Garvey was called “nigger” by one of them causing him to no longer be able to see his white friends. Being that this was his first time experiencing racism, this had a big effect on him and how he viewed white people. At the age of 14, Garvey also quit school to help provide for him and family. In 1914, Garvey returned to Jamaica and founded the United Negro Improvement Association