Marcus Mosiah Garvey (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940)[was a Jamaican-born political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator.He was President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League .He also was President and one of the directors of the Black Star Line, a shipping and passenger line incorporated in Delaware. The Black Star Line went bankrupt and Garvey was imprisoned for mail fraud in the selling of its stock. His movement then rapidly collapsed