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It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.

Marcus Garvey

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Marcus Garvey
Age: 52 †
Born: 1887
Born: August 17
Died: 1940
Died: June 10
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Saint Ann's Bay
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Maakos Gyaavi
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
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