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  The next two weeks during Caribbean-American Heritage Month are already jam-packed with events and activities:
  The Anancy Festival
  Reading from Marcus and the Amazons @ Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church
  Release of my new children's e-book Marcus and the Amazons' [...]
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• Presidential Proclamation:National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

  The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate ReleaseMay 31, 2011 Presidential Proclamation--National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  A PROCLAMATION
       The fabric of our Nation has been woven together and enriched by the diversity of our people.  Our legacy as a Nation of [...]
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• "Keep Cool" by Marcus Mosiah Garvey

  Keep Cool
  Suns have set and suns will rise
  Upon many gloomy lives;
  Those who sit around and say:
  " Nothing good comes down our way."
  Some say: "What's the use to try,
  Life is awful hard and dry."
  If they'd bring such news to you,
  This is what you [...]
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• Marcus Garvey's Crime (Part One)

  
  Marcus Garvey, founder of the UNIA, was one of the most famous political prisoners of the early twentieth century. Of course, the official records won't say that. They never will. Marcus Garvey's arrest and eventual conviction [...]
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• "Old Marcus Garvey" by Burning Spear

  I first heard about Marcus Garvey through the music of Burning Spear. Of course, it wasn't until I came to America that I learned about Marcus Garvey because he was never a part of my high school curriculum. It was the musicians, the "players of instrumants," as Seeco liked to' [...]
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• Clear Marcus Garvey’s Name (continued)

  
  
  There are several concurrent efforts underway to clear Marcus Garvey’s name. If you are interested, you can assist in several ways:
  
  

  1. Sign the petition: [signon.org] 2. Contact the White House directly: [www.whitehouse.gov] 3. (North American readers) Contact the senators and representatives from your [...]

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