The Manley-Garvey Fight

Written By The Yaad

In 1934, a dispute over the construction of a gas station led to a heated argument and an almost physical fight, between future national heroes of Jamaica: then KSAC councillor, Marcus Garvey, and the then most sought off lawyer in the country, Norman Manley. Even before that, both men would meet in a legal issue where Garvey was alleged to have been married to two women at the same time, a fact unknown to both “wives”.

Additional Knowledge

BOOKS

  • Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist, and Wife No. 1 by Tony Martin

  • The Horses of the Morning by Victor Stafford Reid

  • Lawyer Manley: First Time Up by Jackie Ranston

  • Marcus Garvey Caribbean Biography Series by Rupert Lewis

  • Negro With A Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey by Colin Grant

  • Norman Washington Manley and The New Jamaica: Selected Speeches and Writings, 1938-68 by Norman Washington Manley

  • N.W. Manley and The Making of Modern Jamaica by Arnold Bertram

  • Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey

  • The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey

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