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Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world

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