Contribution
Tolbert's specialty is Garveyism. His 1980 The UNIA and Black Los Angeles, was the first regional study of the Marcus Garvey movement. He has written and edited numerous books on the subject; served on scores of committees and panels; given hundreds of presentations; and enhanced the scholarship greatly on the subject. He has especially shed light on the effect of Garveyism in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California, conducting studies on various UNIA chapters nationwide.
Recently Tolbert has been active in the Sabbath in Africa movement (SIA), sitting on its board and giving presentations across the world. The SIA generates scholarship on Christianity in Africa, operating on the premise that Christianity is a native African religion and has survived there uninterrupted since its inception during Pentecost.
Additionally, Tolbert is known to have one of the largest personal collections of African American memorabilia.
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