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★ Juneteenth 2026 · Sunday Closing Ritual ★
The Voyage
A preview of The Marcus Garvey Living Archive.
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★ New York · Autumn 1919 ★
The S.S. Yarmouth, first ship of the Black Star Line, departs
★ UNIA Parade · Harlem · 1920 or 1924 (date disputed) ★
Photograph · archive of record unconfirmed · commercial copies credit Everett Collection
Bureau of Investigation · Report · New York City190-1781-6
Primary source · verbatim
Agent Andrew M. Battle · 3 July 1923 · FBI Vault, section 5A, p. 16
Tap panel for a second real page: W. J. Burns, Director, October 1921
★ The actual file ★
W. J. Burns, Director, to Edward J. Brennan · October 1921 · File 190-1781-6 · Public domain
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary · February 1925
— Marcus
First Message to the Negroes of the World from Atlanta Prison · Feb. 10, 1925
from Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol. II
Amy Jacques Garvey, ed. (1925) · public domain
★ His Voice ★
1921 phonograph
★ Marcus Garvey · 1921 phonograph · transcript via WikisourceFellow citizens of Africa, I greet you…
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The voyage departs in '27.
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SS Yarmouth · renamed SS Frederick Douglass by the BSL · 1919–1922
Photograph · T.H. Franklin / SSHSA collection, University of Baltimore Library · via Watson, Steamboat Bill