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| Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League | Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914 to promote racial uplift and greater educational and industrial opportunities for Black people globally. Garvey’s Black natio... Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914 to promote racial uplift and greater educational and industrial opportunities for Black people globally. Garvey’s Black nationalism promoted the establishment of a separate nation, the creation of educational institutions and better working conditions for blacks throughout the world. Though female "Garveyites" faced hierarchical limitations within the UNIA, they also fought to define their responsibilities as "New Negro Women" within the organization and the larger Black community. Between 1918 and 1933, the UNIA published The Negro World, which included women contributors, particularly in a section, "Our Women and What They Think," devoted to women’s issues. Show more Show less | 1929 | 21 | ||
| Utopian Socialist Communities | The utopian Oneida Community survived in its original perfectionist form between 1848 and 1879. New Harmony in Indiana, the North American Phalanx in New Jersey and the Oneida Community in upstate New York were thre... The utopian Oneida Community survived in its original perfectionist form between 1848 and 1879. New Harmony in Indiana, the North American Phalanx in New Jersey and the Oneida Community in upstate New York were three of the most well-known nineteenth century utopian communities. Founders of these communities criticized private property and contemporary marriage practice and through their experimental communities intended to set an example to inspire wider social reform. Show more Show less | 1820 | 3 |
