Marcus Garvey - Personal Life

Personal Life

Marcus Garvey was married twice: to Jamaican Pan-African activist Amy Ashwood (married 1919, divorced 1922), who was his secretary in the early years of UNIA; then to the Jamaican journalist and publisher Amy Jacques (married 1922). Jacques was also Garvey's secretary. The later was mother to his two sons, Marcus III (born 17 September 1930) and Julius.

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