UNIA-ACL

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UNIA-ACL is a Black nationalist and Pan-African organization founded by Marcus Garvey in the early 20th century to promote racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and unity among people of African descent worldwide.

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instanceOf Black nationalist organization
Pan-African organization
mass membership organization
adoptedDocument Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
advocated Black economic cooperatives
Black-controlled businesses
political self-determination for people of African descent
alsoKnownAs African Communities League
coFoundedBy Amy Ashwood Garvey
coreGoal promote economic self-sufficiency for people of African descent
promote global unity of people of African descent
promote racial pride among people of African descent
work for the redemption of Africa
countryOfOrigin Jamaica
estimatedMembership millions worldwide
foundedBy Marcus Garvey
foundedInCity Kingston
foundedInCountry Jamaica
foundedInYear 1914
fullName Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
hadAuxiliary Black Star Line
hadDivisionIn Africa
Caribbean
Central America
Europe
South America
United States
headquartersCountry United States
headquartersLocation New York City
historicalEra early 20th century
ideology Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism
racial uplift
influenced African independence movements
Black Power movement
later Pan-African movements
membershipRestrictedTo people of African descent
movedHeadquartersTo Harlem
operatedIn Harlem, New York
linked to: Harlem
organizedConventions International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World
peakMembershipPeriod early 1920s
promotedProgram Back-to-Africa movement
promotedSymbol red-black-green flag
publishedNewspaper Negro World
shortName UNIA
UNIA-ACL
slogan One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
typeOfMovement grassroots mass movement

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