The figure of Marcus Garvey continues to transfer time and generations and, In that line, the next 25 of March A tribute will be made through the inauguration of a commemorative plaque in honor of the first Pan -Africanist leader of the history and first national hero of Jamaica.
The event will take place in the Iglesia AME Big Bethel, commemorating the anniversary 108 From the historic conference that Garvey offered in this same place the 25 March 1917, marking a milestone in the preservation of its legacy in the United States and the world.
further, This activity has great relevance considering that each 25 March the United Nations commemorates The International Memory Day of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Trafficking of Slaves.
This opening ceremony will be part of The second annual conference Marcus Garvey in Atlanta, organized by the professor of Garveyism and president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNION), Steven Golding, in collaboration with the Jamaica Association of Atlanta.
Golding explained that the plaque that will open was designed by Nubian like, A British Jamaicin who has produced more than 100 Black history heritage markers (Blue plates) In the United Kingdom since the beginning of the 21st century.
The Jamaica ambassador is expected in the United States, Audrey P. Marks, participant in the ceremony, In addition to the mayor of Atlanta, André Dickens; The Consul General of Jamaica for the southern United States, Oliver Mair; Jamaica's honorary consul in Atlanta, Elaine Bryan; and the president of the Atlanta-Jamaica Association, Evette Taylor-Reynolds.
further, During the day there will be an exclusive projection of the tape “Mosiah”, The first film that represents Garvey's life, which is starring Samuel Lee-Fudge, who is also invited to the opening of the plate.
