Historical Organization
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Also known as: UNIA
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Organization Timeline
Universal Negro Improvement Association is organized
📅 1 August 1914Marcus Garvey organizes the UNIA in Jamaica, building a mass movement around Black dignity, self-help, African redemption and diaspora connection. Its pan-African vision attracted working people...
UNIA opens its First International Convention
📅 1 August 1920The UNIA’s convention in New York draws a large international gathering and stages a public assertion of Black political presence. Its Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World and...
UNIA convention proclaims a global Black political program
📅 1 August 1920The Universal Negro Improvement Association opened its first international convention in New York. Delegates from across the African diaspora debated collective self-determination, racial equality,...
UNIA adopts the Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
📅 13 August 1920At its 1920 convention in New York, the UNIA adopted a declaration asserting political, civil, and economic rights for Black people worldwide. Its mass membership connected Caribbean migrants, African...
Malcolm Little is born in Omaha
📅 19 May 1925Malcolm Little was born in Omaha to Louise and Earl Little, Black Garveyite organizers. His parents' work with Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association placed anti-colonial...