A plaque honoring Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, will be unveiled on March 25 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The unveiling ceremony will be part of the second annual Atlanta Marcus Garvey Lecture. This was initiated by Garveyism Professor and President of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Steven Golding.
In marking the significance of the event, on March 25, which is also a commemoration by the United Nations as the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
The plaque was designed by Nubian Jak, a British Jamaican who has produced over 100 Black history heritage markers (blue plaques) in the United Kingdom (UK) since the beginning of the 21st century.
Jak will be on hand for the event, which will take place at the Big Bethel AME Church, where Marcus Garvey made his first appearance and delivered a public lecture on March 25, 1917. The event will mark the 108th anniversary of Garvey’s historic address.
According to Professor Golding, guests will be treated to an exclusive screening of the 40-minute narrative film “Mosiah,” the first movie to depict the life of Marcus Garvey.
The movie features Atlanta writer and actor Samuel Lee-Fudge as Garvey.
As the founder and first President-General of the UNIA and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), Garvey built the most significant mass movement of Black people in history, establishing a robust network for economic independence, cultural pride, and political self-determination that reached across Africa, North America, Europe, and the Caribbean.
A prominent number of Jamaican diplomats in the state of Georgia are expected to be in attendance.
