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'In the interests of our people': the influence of Garveyism on the rise of Australian Aboriginal political activism

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posted on 2025-05-08, 21:57 authored by John MaynardJohn Maynard
In August 1924 a letter sent from an Aboriginal man, Tom Lacey, in Sydney to Amy Jacques Garvey - associate editor of The Negro World - reveals new insights on the rise of early Aborginal political activism. Amy Jacques Garvey was the wife of Marcus Garvey, at the time probably similaneously the most revered and despised black man on the planet. Garvey was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) which remains the biggest black movement ever established in the United States. The letter from Lacey was published in Garvey's Negro World under the banner 'Australia sends Greeting to the Fourth International conference'. This article explores the significance and genesis of these international black connections with early Aboriginal political leaders on the Sydney waterfront.

History

Journal title

Aboriginal History

Volume

29

Issue

2005

Pagination

1-22

Publisher

Aboriginal History Inc.

Language

  • en, English

College/Research Centre

Faculty of Education and Arts

School

The Wollotuka Institute

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