Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pan-Africanism before Garvey -- In search of a career open to talent: the early life of Marcus Garvey -- Garvey and the politics of agitation -- The Black Star Line: business as Pan-African politics -- Black ships, black workers: a sea of troubles -- Garveyism in Africa: improving Liberia -- The twenties: political poverty and economic progress -- The UNIA goes south: Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan -- Violence as racial politics: the murder of James Eason -- The politics of fraud: J. Edgar Hoover versus Marcus Garvey -- Africa again: Garvey, Liberia, and the Firestone Rubber Company -- Ethnic politics as Pan-Africanism: the locals of the UNIA -- Garvey and Pan-Africanism: the last years.