Marcus Garvey Black Nationalism Thought

Marcus Garvey was the most prominent black leader in the 1920's American, who led the biggest Negro movement in Afro—American history. This movement, which was also called Garveyment, had great influence on the black lives in and after his days. At the same time, Marcus Garvey is also the most controversial leader in the Afro—American history, who was called "the Black Moses" by his supporter and "the dynamic, blundering, temerarious visionary and a trickster" by the opposed. Accordingly, this paper want to make a research on Marcus Garvey and his black nationalism so as to give a proper comment on him.It begins with a brief introduction introducing the motivation that the author selects this topic to discuss and the historical studies in Chinese communities.The main body includes five parts:Part one introduces the come being of Marcus Garvey's black nationalism from aspects of early experience, other leaders' influence and his practice.Part two introduces the content of Marcus Garvey's black nationalism from politics, economy, religion and culture aspects; on this basis, analyze its traits.Part three introduces the practice of Marcs Garvey's black nationalism from the aspects of politics, economy, religion and culture.Part four analyze the influence of Marcus Garvey's black nationalism and practice.Part five analyze the "separatism from America" road and draw the conclusion: on one hand, Marcus Garvey's separatism road was the product of the Afro—American's hard lives; on the other hand, it wouldn't come into reality under the circumstance of his days.The last part is conclusion, which summarize this paper and discuss Marcus Garvey's black nationalism, then draw the conclusion: separatism road can't achieve the victory of Afro—American movement.