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“Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come… to aid you in the fight for Liberty, Freedom and Life.”

Source: First message to the Negroes of the World from Atlanta prison, 10 February 1925

Context Written to his movement's members days after he began a five-year prison sentence for mail fraud, vowing that neither prison nor death would end his cause.

Portrait of Marcus Garvey
Marcus GarveyUnited States · 1887–1940
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