Professor Neil Wynn, University of Gloucestershire
The charismatic Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica, and later lived at different times in the USA, the UK and Jamaica. He is a national hero in Jamaica, and Martin Luther King described him as ‘the first man on a mass scale and level to give millions of Negroes a sense of dignity and destiny’; yet one of the co-founders of the NAACP in the USA could describe him as ‘without doubt, the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race in America and in the world’, and as ‘either a lunatic or a traitor’. So, fanatic or great leader? Professor Wynn considers the evidence. Non-members of the Historical Association are very welcome.
Gloucester (venue tba), 7.30 pm. £3 (HA members and students free). No booking required – pay at the door.
Good parking and can be reached by the 94U bus from Gloucester City centre or Cheltenham.
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