Garveyism and the Eschatology of African Redemption in the Rural South, 1920–1936

This article explores the ways rural followers of Marcus Garvey crafted and adapted a theological understanding of African redemption in the South during the 1920s and early 1930s. Members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association rarely spoke in concrete terms about the process of redemption o...

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Main Author: Roll, Jarod (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 2010, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-56
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