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Marcus Garvey

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The Resume

    (August 17, 1887-June 10, 1940)
    Champion of the 'Back to Africa' movement
    Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (1914)
    Ran the 'Negro World' newspaper in Harlem (1918-33)
    Owner of Black Star Line Company

Why he might be annoying:

    After joining a Typographical Union strike, he was blacklisted from private printery employment.
    The FBI falsely charged him with mail fraud, and he spent two years in prison (1925-27).
    An effort to have him exonerated of the false charges decades after his death has been unsuccessful.
    Although named the Provisional President of Africa by African leaders, his position was ignored by European colonial African governments.
    He said: 'I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa, there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.'
    Many blacks who went 'Back to Africa' as part of his movement did not find better living or working conditions.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His goal was for ancestral Africans, not colonial powers, to govern sovereign African nations.
    He sought to establish universities and secondary schools for blacks worldwide.
    He worked for industrial intercourse worldwide after viewing working conditions for Central & South American black laborers.
    He established the People's Political Party, Jamaica's first modern party (1929).
    His 'Negro World' newspaper was one of highest read papers of its time, and coincided with the Harlem Renaissance.
    The official colors of his movement (black, red and green) are honored on many African flags.
    Many schools and institutions are named in honor of him throughout the world.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 113 Votes: 49.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 74.07% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 53.66% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 61 Votes: 52.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 51.75% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 203 Votes: 53.20% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 434 Votes: 47.24% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 311 Votes: 41.80% Annoying