Recovering Architects Of The UNIA with Dr. Natanya Duncan Part I

About this episode

Dr. Natanya Duncan discusses the contributions of women to the Universal Negro Improvement Association and their impact on Black leadership and Garveyism.

Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts. What happens when the archive starts talking back? We sat down with Dr. Natanya Duncan to illuminate the women who built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) from the ground up and gave the movement its global muscle. From a Kingston porch to Harlem kitchens and London cafés, their labor carried Garveyism across continents while reshaping what Black leadership looked like in the early twentieth century. Along the way, we meet nam...

People in this episode

Host: Alexandria Miller

Guest: Dr. Natanya Duncan

Topics covered

• UNIA
• Black leadership
• Garveyism
• women in history
• Caribbean culture
• early twentieth century

Keywords

• UNIA
• Garveyism
• Black leadership
• women in history
• Caribbean culture
• early twentieth century

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Universal Negro Improvement Association

Places: Kingston, Harlem, London

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