The Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World was drafted and adopted at the Convention of the

Universal Negro Improvement Association The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) is a black nationalist fraternal organization founded by Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant to the United States, and Amy Ashwood Garvey. The Pan-Africa ...

held in

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on August 13, 1920.

Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African ...

presided over the occasion as Chairman. It was at this event where he was duly elected Provisional President of

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. Among the articles is Declaration 39 which states as follows: :"That the colors, Red, Black and Green, be the colors of the Negro race." It is from that statement the

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flag came into existence.

External links

The UNIA-ACL -- Founded by Marcus Garvey

* ttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/filmmore/ps_rights.html Primary Sources: Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World 1920 documents 1920 in New York City 1920 in politics African-American history between emancipation and the civil rights movement United States documents Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League African-American history in New York City {{Africandiaspora-stub