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Amy Ashwood Garvey

Amy Ashwood Garvey

Jamaican activist
Amy Ashwood Garvey was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist. She was a director of the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, and along with her former husband Marcus Garvey she founded the Negro World newspaper. Wikipedia
Born: January 10, 1897, Port Antonio, Jamaica
Died: May 3, 1969 (age 72 years), Kingston, Jamaica
Spouse: Marcus Mosiah Garvey (m. 1919–1922)
Known for: Activism, black nationalism, Pan-Africanism