Marcus Garvey in Harlem, 1924 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

An open-topped car with four passengers in a parade. The driver is a Black man with a dark jacket, white shirt, dark tie, and dark driver's cap. In the back seat, from left to right, is a Black man in a military uniform (dark jacket, dark cap with gold flourishes); a Black man wearing academic regalia (dark robe and hood, dark mortarboard and tassel); Marcus Garvey, a Black man, wearing a military uniform (dark jacket, dark hat with a white feather) and holding a sword. Next to the car is a Black man wearin

Source: James Van Der Zee, [Marcus Garvey in a UNIA Parade], 1924 (Gelatin silver print, Image: 6 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16.4 × 24 cm); Sheet: 8 in. × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Funds from various donors, 2018 (2018.96). © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.)

Marcus Garvey in Harlem (1924)

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James Van Der Zee, Marcus Garvey in a UNIA Parade in Harlem (1924)

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