Marcus Garvey Article

Why was Marcus Garvey’s ideology controversial?

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Marcus Garvey’s style of Black nationalism clashed with that of the 1920s Black establishment, notably with W.E.B. Du Bois, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Garvey was both a racial purist and a Black separatist, whereas the establishment hoped for a self-sustaining Black ecosystem within a predominantly white America.