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Universal Negro Improvement Association

Universal Negro Improvement Association is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1992.

1609-11 Cecil B. Moore Ave., Philadelphia

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Founded in 1917 by Marcus Garvey, this movement inspired African-American pride. It encouraged self-reliance, spread news of interest to Blacks, and urged them to establish nationhood in Africa.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Historical maps covering this location

1884 · Philadelphia, Camden. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · The Matthews-Northrup up-to-date map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1901 · Philadelphia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Philadelphia and vicinity, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware / Henry Gannett, chief… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1920 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Philadelphia, 1901, covering the location of Universal Negro Improvement Association, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia, 1901, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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