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 L'Universal Negro Improvement Association - Universal Negro Improvement Association, Montréal, Québec Posted by:  Weathervane
N 45° 28.888 W 073° 34.639
18T E 611185 N 5037421
L'UNIA fait partie d’un mouvement mondial visant à unir les gens d’ascendance africaine et à leur donner des moyens d’améliorer leurs vies. UNIA was part of a global movement to unite, empower, and improve the lives of people of African descent.
Waymark Code: WM136PQ
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/28/2020
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L'Universal Negro Improvement Association
Fondée en 1914 par le Jamaïcain Marcus Garvey, cette association fait partie d’un mouvement mondial visant à unir les gens d’ascendance africaine et à leur donner des moyens d’améliorer leurs vies. Depuis son siège social à Harlem (New York), l’UNIA croît rapidement au Canada au début des années 1920, comptant près de 5 000 membres répartis dans 32 sections. La première ouvre à Montréal : le Liberty Hall devient un centre important d’activités éducatives, économiques, sociales et culturelles. La grande majorité des membres canadiens sont des immigrants antillais qui apportent une sensibilité panafricaine à la tête de l’organisme.
Universal Negro Improvement Association
The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), founded by Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey in 1914, was part of a global movement to unite, empower, and improve the lives of people of African descent. From its headquarters in Harlem, New York, the UNIA expanded rapidly across Canada, with approximately 5,000 members in 32 divisions by the early 1920s. The first opened in Montréal, where the UNIA’s Liberty Hall was an important centre for education, economic, social, and cultural activities. The vast majority of Canadian members were West Indian immigrants, who brought a strong pan-African consciousness to the leadership of the UNIA.
Cete plaque est située au 2741, rue Notre-Dame Ouest. This plaque is located at 2741 Notre-Dame Street West.
Classification: National Historic Event
Province or Territory: Quebec
Location - City name/Town name: Montreal
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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