ence and power in political positions. He urged followers to have pride in being Black and to separate themselves from the oppressive white man. Garvey spoke endlessly of the need for universal Black unification and the importance of shedding the heavy skins of poverty and oppression. Garvey would cry "up you mighty race ... you can accomplish what you will."(Perry 23) Garvey promoted Black separatism and saw himself as a Black Moses leading his enslaved nation to the Promised Land
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