THE MARCUS G AR VE Y AND UNIVERSAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION PAPERS

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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

HERBERT APTHEKER MARY FRANCES BERRY JOHN W. BLASSINGAME STANLEY COBEN EDMUND DAVID CRONON IAN DUFFIELD E. U. ESSIEN-UDOM IMANUEL GEISS VINCENT HARDING RICHARD HART THOMAS L. HODGKINI" ARTHUR S. LINK GEORGE A. SHEPPERSON MICHAEL R. WINSTON Marcus Garvey and the UNIA in Convention THE MARCUS GARVEY AND UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION PAPERS

Volume II 27 August 1919-31

Robert A. Hill Editor Emory J. Tolbert Senior Editor Deborah Forczek Assistant Editor

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title:

The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association papers.

1. Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940. 2. Universal Negro Improvement Association—History—Sources. 3. —United States— History—Sources. 4. Afro-Americans—Race identity—History— Sources. 5. Afro-Americans—Civil rights—History—Sources. 6. Afro-Americans—Correspondence. I. Hill, Robert A., 1943- . II. Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940. II. Universal Negro Improvement Association.

E185.97.G3M36 1983 305.8*96073 82-13379 ISBN 978-0-520-05091-4

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