Happy 91st birthday, Dr. Julius Garvey!
Dr. Garvey, surviving son of Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, joined our Journal-isms Roundtable in February 2023 at American University.
As Isaiah J. Poole began his report for Journal-isms:
Pan-Africanist Has Message for Journalists
By Isaiah J. Poole
While he is perhaps best known for his controversial championing of Pan-Africanism, the early 20th century back-to-Africa movement and the creation of the red, black and green Black liberation flag, Marcus Garvey also left behind a journalistic legacy.
It is one that sets a standard for contextualizing the struggles and vitality of Black people in America and globally, his surviving son, Dr. Julius Garvey, told the Journal-isms Roundtable on Feb. 6.
The message to Black journalists today, said Dr. Garvey, a cardiothoracic surgeon who turns 90 in August, is that “you should not sell your soul, because I think what has happened to a lot of journalists in this country is that they’re more purveyors of propaganda than actually transmitters of truth.” Instead, “try to be honest, because honest journalism will transform the world in the right direction. . . . . “
A Garvey Message: Spurn ‘Propaganda’
(Journal-isms Roundtable, Feb. 6, 2023, by Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)
