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Powerful Earthquake Jolts Caribbean Near Jamaica

On Tuesday afternoon, a major magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Jamaica. The shaking could reportedly be felt on land and tsunami warnings went up for Belize, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, and Jamaica. Continue reading Powerful Earthquake Jolts Caribbean Near Jamaica

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, The Man Who Led the Largest Mass Movement In Black History

(August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was born August 17, 1887, in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Out of 11 siblings, he was the youngest and only he and one of his sisters lived to adulthood.

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