He was a jamaican-american civil rights activist who was part of the "back to africa" movement of the early 20th century and founded the "black star steamship company" for this purpose.

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-American Civil Rights activist who was part of the "Back to Africa" movement of the early 20th century and founded the "Black Star Steamship Company" for this purpose.
He was also pro Pan-African movement which proposed the idea that all people of African descent should unite in order to improve the state of affairs in Africa.