Prof. Robert A. Hill (History, UCLA) on his life’s work as editor of The Marcus Garvey and UNIA Papers, a magisterial multi-volume series published by the University of California Press since 1983. Hill discusses the origins of his interest in Garvey and the “Africa for the Africans” movement — the largest organized mass movement in black history.  He sheds light on important editorial issues in the Garvey Papers project and reflects on Garvey’s legacy today.

 

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Tags: African diaspora, history, Marcus Garvey, pan-Africanism, Robert Hill, UNIA

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