On June 22, 2025, I launched Marcus Garvey GPT –something I’ve been preparing for most of my professional life.
Marcus Garvey GPT is a culturally grounded learning tool that answers real questions about Garvey’s life, philosophy, and global impact. The purpose is straightforward: to provide our communities with a trustworthy record of Marcus Garvey.
For two decades, I’ve researched, blogged, taught, and led workshops on Garvey. I’ve heard the confusion in students’ voices, the hunger in parents’ questions, and the pride in elders who remember. This GPT consolidates all that learning in one accessible location.
Marcus Garvey GPT draws directly from The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Message to the People, twenty years of handwritten notes, blogs, annotated texts, PowerPoint presentations, and the work that shaped my children’s book My Name is Marcus. I studied the most frequently asked questions using Google, TikTok, and Answer the Public (answerthepublic.com).
Marcus Garvey GPT is a living document. As I discover new questions, or if someone asks something they can’t find an answer to, I will add it. When I do, I will thank the person directly in the response. That is how a community grows: through shared inquiry, mutual respect, and the belief that our knowledge must remain alive.
As Garvey taught us: “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery.” This project begins with the mind.
A Companion for Learning and Teaching
A curated learning tool trained on over 150 verified questions and answers, each entry on Marcus Garvey GPT is crafted with intention and cultural care. These answers reflect Garvey’s own writings, speeches, and strategies. They are supported by primary sources, Pan-African scholarship, and lived experience.
The GPT answers some of the most widely asked questions about Marcus Garvey:
- Who was Marcus Garvey?
- How did Marcus Garvey die?
- When was Marcus Garvey arrested?
- What organizations did Marcus Garvey found?
- Was Marcus Garvey married?
- Did Marcus Garvey have any children?
It also addresses some of the most obscure questions rarely answered with depth or accuracy:
- Who was Bag O’ Wire?
- What was the connection between Leonard Howell and Marcus Garvey?
- What was the “Garvey Must Go” campaign?
Each response is clear, respectful, and historically sound. Whether you’re teaching in a classroom, homeschooling your child, preparing a sermon, or seeking deeper understanding, Marcus Garvey GPT provides accurate guidance grounded in truth.
This tool serves as a companion. It offers cultural clarity where there has been confusion. It stands firm where too many resources retreat.
Why I Created Marcus Garvey GPT
From Bag O’ Wire to Du Bois, Garvey faced resistance on every side. There were traitors in the street, rivals in the press, and critics in elite institutions. That resistance reveals something essential. Leading a global Black movement requires courage and clarity. Garvey had both. And so must we.
For too long, the story of Marcus Garvey has been told in fragments. Some focus only on the Black Star Line. Others highlight legal troubles or personal rivalries. But Garvey’s true legacy is larger, deeper, and more enduring. His ideas reshaped the global conversation about race, power, identity, and purpose.
I created this tool to share the whole picture. Our children and communities deserve to learn from Garvey without distortion. The stakes are high. When we teach Garvey honestly, we teach history that shapes futures.
The Garvey Classroom: Where the Work Lives
The Garvey Classroom is the digital home for the work I’ve developed over the past twenty years. It offers culturally rooted tools that build confidence, literacy, and historical understanding.
The platform includes free lesson plans, vocabulary resources, SEL-aligned materials, and now Marcus Garvey GPT. Every resource is designed to center Black voices, affirm identity, and support real learning across age levels and learning styles.
If you are an educator building a curriculum, a parent teaching from home, or a community leader working with youth, you will find practical support and inspiration here. You can also subscribe to the newsletter for early access to new releases, behind-the-scenes updates, and personal reflections grounded in Garvey’s teachings.
Unstoppable You: What’s Next
This launch is part of a larger vision for transformative learning. My new book, Unstoppable You, builds on this work by introducing young readers to Black heroes who lived with purpose and remained true to themselves.
Each chapter focuses on a guiding principle—belief, courage, integrity, and creativity—and pairs it with the story of a cultural giant, such as Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Shirley Chisholm, Stevie Wonder, or Thomas Sankara. The book blends biography, affirmation, and creative reflection to help young people build inner strength and self-awareness.
Unstoppable You is deeply aligned with the values behind Marcus Garvey GPT. It affirms cultural pride, personal purpose, and a clear understanding of legacy. If you would like to receive sample chapters, educator guides, or classroom posters, subscribe to The Garvey Classroom Newsletter.
Final Word
Marcus Garvey GPT was created to tell the truth about Garvey’s legacy. It reflects the questions our communities have been asking for generations and offers answers that stand on solid ground.
This work continues the tradition of self-reliance and mental emancipation that Garvey championed. It is a tool for teachers, a guide for learners, and a spark for anyone ready to reclaim what was taken.
“With confidence, you have won before you have started.”
(The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Vol. 1)
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