Erection date: 17/11/2011
This building was the headquarters of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) from 1935 - 1940. The UNIA is an international Pan African movement founded by Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
Narrative Eye
UNIA
W14, Beaumont Crescent, 2
Garvey's office was in this building. The plaques are either side of the entrance.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Founded by Marcus Garvey in Jamaica. It campaigned against lynching, denial o...
Pan-African nationalist leader. Born Marcus Mosiah Garvey in St Ann's Bay, Ja...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Universal Negro Improvement Association
A very elusive organisation as all we can find about them is that they are co...
Founded by Marcus Garvey in Jamaica. It campaigned against lynching, denial o...
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Universal Negro Improvement Association
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