Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a Jamaican political activist, Pan-Africanist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator whose words and actions inspired people and raised conscience among oppressed peoples. His mother named him Marcus Mosiah and prophesied that, like Moses, he would one day liberate his people from despair into the promised land, a prophecy presented as fulfilled. He is placed among the great leaders of the 18-19th Century whose words and actions raised the self-respect of hopeless and despairing peoples and championed the liberation of millions from colonial bondage and suppression. In his own time, he was hailed as a redeemer, a Black Moses. Garvey encouraged pride and self-worth among Africans and people in the African diaspora, and with his wife Amy Jacques Garvey he formed the United Negro Improvement Association, presented as a critical link in Black America's centuries long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. His deeds, words, and writings are presented as globally relevant to Black people, including his call for self-liberation, racial uplift, emancipation from mental slavery, and a destiny shaped by justice, love, charity, mercy, and equity.