Marcus Garvey accomplished the largest Black movement in history.

Marcus Garvey accomplished the largest Black movement in history. Not-withstanding the significant challenges faced during his lifetime, his inspiration lives on generations later. In this video Garvey is hailed by several of the first Black leaders in a post-colonial world.
Kwame Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana in 1957 and named Ghana's shipping line the Black Star Shipping line in honor of Marcus Garvey as well as that country's soccer team the Black Stars. Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya in 1963 shared that Marcus Garvey’s ideas were a major influence on him.
Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria in 1963 also spoke of the impact of Marcus Garvey’s message on his life and that reading Garvey's Negro World had shaped his world view. Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania in 1961 had hailed Garvey's teachings as a major influence on his life.
The parents of Malcolm X were members of Marcus Garvey’s organization. The honorable Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam praised Marcus Garvey as the forerunner who had laid the foundation for the Nation of Islam and noted that they had carried on the work of Marcus Garvey.