The early-1920s UNIA briefly united an unprecedented broad Black coalition

Evidence

For a short time in the early 1920s, the Garveyites held together an unprecedented black coalition which included cultural nationalists, political nationalists, opponents of organized religion (atheists, separatists, or simply reformers), advocates of armed rebellion, pacifists, women’s liberation fighters, participants in Democratic and Republican machine politics, a smattering of left-wingers, many who wanted no contact with whites, and a small but significant number who wanted the UNIA to cooperate with integrated civil rights organizations to end discrimination and segregation. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2233

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s stated goal: this is a key data point for the ‘height’ of the Black radical tradition in its radical-nationalist form. The breadth of the coalition suggests Garveyism’s mass appeal at its peak.

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