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Midden, Anouk van (2020)

A New Look on the New Negroes: An Analysis of the "Garvey Must Go" Campaign, 1917-1923

Master thesis | North American Studies (MA)

The late 1910s and the early 1920s in the United States were marked by a period of African American activism that is referred to as the New Negro Movement. Although this movement promised radical and lasting change in American society, much of the activists' efforts lacked this power. In contemporary history, this relative failure is blamed on various external factors. This thesis looks at the "Marcus Garvey Must Go Campaign" which was the result of a conflict between black nationalist Marcus Garvey and socialists A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen. By analyzing the feud, it is argued that interpersonal conflicts, instead of external factors, came to determine the movement and contributed to its weakening.

African American studies

New Negro Movement

Marcus Garvey

Author

Midden, Anouk van

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors

Pargas, Damian

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en