An Online Nation for the Black Race
dreamed of by Marcus Garvey a century ago
powered by Buying Blackthe Buy Black Movement
In the early 1900s, times were tough for Black people all over the world. While slavery had ended in many countries a few decades earlier, there was still widespread racism against Black people.
Marcus Garvey (1887 - 1940) united millions of Black people all over the world and got our people working together for mutual benefit.
Garvey dreamed of Black people having a nation of our own, on the continent of Africa, where we could live safely amongst ourselves. He dreamed that we could establish our own government, build grand cities, govern ourselves and prosper as a race.
Though Garvey never got to complete his dream, he inspired millions. Now, his dream lives on through us.
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"Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves."
Though Marcus Garvey aimed to build a nation in Africa, we realize that in today's Internet age, we can accomplish many of his goals by uniting Black people online. Thus, Garvey Nation is an online nation made up of Citizens (some shown scrolling above) who physically live in countries all over the world, all working together to uplift our race.
"We want the 400 million Negroes of the world to be active members of this great organization, because this organization has a program to be put over in the interest of each and every member of the race."
All nations need money in order to deliver their programs. Most nations charge their citizens taxes or even solicit donations to raise money.
Garvey Nation, on the other hand, is powered by the Buy Black Movement program, which warehouses products from Black-owned businesses in Garvey Nation, promotes, sells and ships the products, and pays income, salaries and rewards to all the Citizens involved.
Black people become Citizens of Garvey Nation by committing to purchase at least one product each month from a Black business in our online store. These purchases build up the Black businesses, create jobs and incomes for our Citizens, and fund Garvey Nation's programs, all at the same time.
This unique approach has allowed Garvey Nation to be built and financed by our everyday purchases, rather than by soliciting donations or charging our Citizens taxes. For more on the Buy Black Movement, CLICK HERE
"It is absolutely necessary that the Negro builds an economic structure sufficiently strong enough to feed the arteries of his existence."
In today's world, millions of Black people interact on social media platforms that are owned, controlled, monitored, and censored by others. Garvey Nation is a platform made for us, by us. Garvey Nation isn't social media, however. This is a self-contained platform specifically for Black people that want to work together to uplift the Black race.
In Garvey Nation, we provide a platform where Black people can:
We also provide an ever-growing list of benefits to our Citizens. As the Citizenship of Garvey Nation grows, we will utilize our collective economic power to solve bigger problems that effect our race, as Marcus Garvey outlined.
"The Negro needs a nation and a country of his own, where he can best show evidence of his own ability in the art of human progress."
"I come to the people in my role as reformer and say to them Awake, the day is upon you. Go forth in the name of the race and build yourselves a nation."