Question 1

True or false: Marcus Garvey was assassinated in 1940 by political opponents.

Accepted Answer

False. Marcus Garvey died in London in 1940 from complications of a stroke. There is no evidence he was assassinated.

Question 2

True or false: Marcus Garvey was deported from the United States to Jamaica in 1927 after a controversial legal case.

Accepted Answer

True. Convicted of mail fraud in 1923, Garvey served prison time and was deported, though many believe the charges were politically motivated.

Question 3

True or false: Garvey's movement inspired the Rastafari religion, which considers him a prophet.

Accepted Answer

True. Rastafarians view Garvey as a prophet because he preached 'Look to Africa'—especially Ethiopia—as a homeland. His words shaped their beliefs.

Question 4

True or false: Garvey's UNIA once owned a steamship company called the Black Star Line.

Accepted Answer

True. The Black Star Line was founded in 1919 to connect Black communities globally and promote economic independence. It had three ships.

Question 5

True or false: Marcus Garvey created the Black Star Line shipping company in 1919 to link the African diaspora.

Accepted Answer

True. The Black Star Line was a steamship corporation founded by Marcus Garvey to facilitate trade and transportation among people of African descent.

Question 6

True or false: Marcus Garvey was the first person to use the phrase 'Black is Beautiful' in a public speech.

Accepted Answer

False. That phrase became popular in the 1960s, but Garvey never used it. He popularized 'Up, you mighty race!' instead.

Question 7

True or false: Garvey was a close advisor to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie during the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

False. They never met. Garvey admired Selassie, and Rastafarians later revered Garvey as a prophet, but he had no advisory role.

Question 8

True or false: Marcus Garvey served as the first President of the Republic of Liberia.

Accepted Answer

False. Marcus Garvey never held political office in Liberia. The first president was Joseph Jenkins Roberts, elected in 1848.

Question 9

True or false: Marcus Garvey was a founding member of the NAACP.

Accepted Answer

False. The NAACP was founded in 1909 by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and others. Marcus Garvey had conflicts with the NAACP's integrationist approach.

Question 10

True or false: Garvey's second wife, Amy Jacques Garvey, was a key editor and writer for his newspaper, The Negro World.

Accepted Answer

True. Amy Jacques Garvey was a journalist and activist who edited the paper's women's page and wrote many articles after Garvey's imprisonment.

Question 11

True or false: Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914.

Accepted Answer

True. Marcus Garvey established the UNIA in Jamaica to promote Black nationalism and economic self-reliance.

Question 12

True or false: Marcus Garvey was deported from the United States to Jamaica in 1927 after a commuted prison sentence.

Accepted Answer

True. After serving part of his mail fraud sentence, President Coolidge commuted it, and Marcus Garvey was deported as an undesirable alien.

Question 13

True or false: Marcus Garvey was born in Monrovia, Liberia.

Accepted Answer

False. Marcus Garvey was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica, in 1887. He never lived in Liberia, though he advocated for African colonization.

Question 14

True or false: Garvey wrote a novel titled 'The Black Pharaoh' about an ancient African ruler.

Accepted Answer

False. Garvey wrote many essays and speeches, but no novel. 'The Black Pharaoh' is a fictional title not found in his works.

Question 15

True or false: Garvey personally met and debated W.E.B. Du Bois at the 1920 UNIA convention in Harlem.

Accepted Answer

False. They never debated face-to-face. Their rivalry was intense, but Du Bois refused to attend Garvey’s conventions.

Question 16

True or false: Marcus Garvey met with a Ku Klux Klan leader in 1922 to discuss his Back-to-Africa movement.

Accepted Answer

True. Marcus Garvey met Edward Young Clarke, a Klan leader, to explore common ground; the meeting was highly controversial among Black leaders.

Marcus Garvey Trivia Questions