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17/08/2021

A pioneer, a publisher, a businessman, a hero, a Jamaican. A man who saw it fit to fight for our people, our nation.
Born on the 17th of August 1887 in the parish of St. Ann, was a man whose given name was Malcus, now Marcus with a vision.
He started as a little lad in the library of his home and from then, became a beacon of hope. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association which catapulted his future in the political arena.
Championing the cause of black people’s rights was the steam that steered his political life. His first attempt was leading a worker’s strike that would secure higher wage payments for those who were in the right.
The Black Star Line, a star indeed, was a steamship cooperation founded in 1919. A part of a bigger picture that was not fiction, was created as a mechanism of inspiration for emancipation - emancipation from tribulation. Tribulations of low wages, unfair treatment, and exploitation.
The UNIA was the largest mass movement in the African American History. An aim to form a universal black confraternity. This movement existed not only in Jamaica, with headquarters known as Liberty Hall(s). It housed meetings and was famous for its cultural arts; the international headquarters called Edelweiss Park.
Garvey knew there was more to life than politics, so he created a centre where black people could frolic; delighting in the performing arts. With the likes of Ranny Williams and all his gimmicks, Liberty Hall became a place for new beginnings. A place where black people were not marginalized or ignored, but where they could feel a part of a bigger whole.
Marcus Mosiah Garvey fought hard until his last breath, for a better tomorrow, for Jamaica’s best. He died in London on the 10th of June 1940, he was only 52. Buried in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic cemetery in Kensal Green, London and was later exhumed to be reinterred in a hero’s tomb.
His body lies today under a star in the gardens of the National Heroes Park. Marcus Mosiah Garvey was officially conferred with the Order of the National Hero in 1969. His legacy, name and sacrifices live on, as Jamaica and the world still celebrate him as the man who propelled the liberation of negroes for a lifetime.

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31/07/2021

Join us for the Virtual Seville Emancipation Jubilee 2021 under the theme: “Spirit Inna We”!!

You won’t want to miss it!! So join us on our social media platforms ( https://www.facebook.com/JNHT1 , https://youtu.be/X4YXscff6TO) as well as PBC Jamaica and TVJ at this year’s Emancipation Jubilee!!

30/07/2020

Seville Emancipation Jubilee: The Virtual Edition “Celebrating Our Roots And Culture ”

Each year, on July 31st to August Mawnin, the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, a statutory agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, hosts the Emancipation Vigil at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann.  It is done to honour all

04/11/2019

Teachers and students who attended the 23rd staging of the 2019 Heritage Expo at the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann have hailed the event ... Read More

11/10/2019

05/09/2019

Highlights of Emancipation Jubilee 2019!!

Highlights of Emancipation Jubilee 2019

12/07/2019

Click on the link below to see the 2018 staging of Emancipation Jubilee

Highlights of the 2018 staging of Emancipation Jubilee: The Genesis