1943 – Marcus Garvey Honored Posthumously by UNIA in Jamaica

On May 13, 1943, members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Jamaica held a memorial for Marcus Garvey, who had passed away three years earlier. The event highlighted Garvey’s enduring impact on Black consciousness and Pan-Africanism. His teachings had taken root globally, from Harlem to Kingston to Accra. The 1943 gathering emphasized Garvey’s belief in economic independence, cultural pride, and the return to Africa. Speeches and performances during the memorial also called for decolonization and greater political rights in the British Caribbean. This posthumous honor revealed the strength of Garvey’s legacy even in death and affirmed his place as a global icon of Black empowerment. May 13, 1943, serves as a date of remembrance for Garveyites worldwide.