Remembering Marcus

"No one remember, old Marcus Garvey" sang Burning Spear in the 70s, but of course, that's not totally true. Here's a sampling form Wikipedia of Garvey memoria arpund the world

Jamaica
A marker in front of the house of his birth at 32 Market Street, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica.[38]
A statue on the grounds of St. Ann's Bay Parish Library.
A secondary school in his name in St. Ann' Bay.
A major highway in his name in Kingston.
A bust in Apex Park in Kingston.
Likeness on the Jamaican 50 cent coin, 20 dollar coin and 25 cent coin.
A building in his name housing the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs located in New Kingston.
A Marcus Garvey statue at National Heroes Park in Kingston, JA.
The album "Marcus Garvey" and "Garvey's Ghost" (a dub version of the "Marcus Garvey" album) by reggae legend Burning Spear.
A deejay version (Jamaican rap) by reggae legend Big Youth, based on an instrumental mix of the original Burning Spear recording "Marcus Garvey".
A cover version of Burning Spear's "Marcus Garvey" recorded by reggae singer Spectacular (as Burning Spectacular) was released in 2002 on a 12" vinyl record on the Jamaican label Human Race Records. Produced by Bruno Blum, it features an original recording of a live Marcus Garvey speech in which several key slogans of the Rastafari movement founded in the 1930s can be heard. The flip side includes another recording by Big Youth of the "Marcus Garvey" composition mentioned right above.
In the Bob Marley song "so much things to say" Marley sings "I'll never forget, no way. They crucify Jesus Christ, I'll never forget, no way. They sold Marcus Garvey for rice".
Reggae band The Gladiators recorded the song "Marcus Garvey Time", proclaiming him as a prophet with lyrics like, "Every thing he has said has come to pass".
Deejay/Producer Mikey Dread acknowledges him as an inspiration and calls him a national hero on the 1982 track "In Memory (Jacob, Marcus & Marley)".
[edit]Trinidad
A statue on Harris Promenade, San Fernando
[edit]United States of America
Park in his name and a New York Public Library branch dedicated to him in New York City's Harlem.
A major street in his name in the historically Black Brooklyn neighbourhood of Bedford Stuyvesant in New York City.
Marcus Garvey elementary school in the historically Black Brooklyn neighbourhood of Bedford Stuyvesant in New York City call P.S.44.
The Universal Hip Hop Parade held annually in Brooklyn on the Saturday before his birthday to carry on his use of popular culture as a tool of empowerment and to encourage the growth of Black institutions.
A park in his name in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, California.
A Marcus Garvey Cultural Center, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado.
A secondary school in Trenton, New Jersey.
A Community Center and Senior Housing Community in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Marcus Garvey school. A K through 8 grade private school in Los Angeles, California.
Marcus Garvey school. A Pre-K through 8 grade public magnet in math and science in Chicago, Illinois.
Marcus Books stores are named after him in San Francisco and Oakland.
Record producer, CEO, clothing designer, actor, and rapper Sean John Combs's clothing line Sean John released a pair of denim jeans whose style is named 'Garvey' after Marcus Garvey.
Boston indie band Piebald wrote a song titled "If Marcus Garvey Dies, Then Marcus Garvey Lives" for their 1999 release "If It Weren't For Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains for us All"
Ska band Hepcat recorded the song "Marcus Garvey" on their album Scientific.
Sinéad O'Connor's reggae album, released in 2008, has a track named "Marcus Garvey"
[edit]Canada
Marcus Garvey Centre for Unity in Edmonton, Alberta [39]
Marcus Garvey day festival held yearly on 17 August in Toronto (North York), Ontario [40]
United Negro Improvement Association Hall located in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
[edit]Africa
A major street in his name in Nairobi, Kenya.
A street named after him in Enugu, Nigeria.
A neighborhood bearing his name in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
[edit]United Kingdom
A small park in his name in Hammersmith, London, England.
Marcus Garvey Centre in Lenton, Nottingham, England.
A Marcus Garvey Library inside the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre building in North London, England.
Marcus Garvey Road in Brixton, London.
Blue plaque at 53, Talgarth Road, Hammersmith, London, England:
GARVEY, Marcus (1887-1940) Pan-Africanist Leader, lived and died here, 53 Talgarth Road, W14. [Hammersmith and Fulham 2005]
Marcus garvey statue in Willesden green Library, Brent, London England