On this day in 1922, Marcus Garvey, leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Society, was arrested for mail-fraud, after the NAACP lobbied the government to charge him. His message of Black self-improvement and a return to Africa was adamantly opposed by the NAACP.

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LibertyGuy🕯️🇺🇸🦅 · 8h Geez, it almost there was some group that had a vested interest in Black NOT returning to Africa?