Recently, one of the Members of the Pan African Alliance made the following comment:
…We must study the movements from the past that found success among our people such as the Marcus Gravy UNIA, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers. We must build institutions that will stand long after their founders are dead and gone. Institutions like wealth are multigenerational, and this is a concept we, as Blacks have missed. Blacks in America have a combined annual income approaching one trillion dollars and we own nothing…
His comment forced me to go back and look at how Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association sustained itself economically, and what his philosophy was when it came to black men and women doing for themselves. The business lessons that we can learn from Garvey, the Father of the Black Nationalist movement would serve us well, especially in today’s global crisis prone economy.
“Why should not Africa give to the world its Black Rockefeller, Rothschild and Henry Ford? Now is the opportunity. Now is the chance for every Negro to make every effort toward a commercial, industrial standard that will make us comparable with the successful business men of other races.” – Marcus Garvey
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A great magnificent article showing what we have forgotten and ignored by our past leaders. Now, we just need the will to go forward and onward.
Thanks! Vertical and Horizontal integration examples were excellent. This change change my perspective on business operations development.
“Not just owning a restaurant but from the seeds that grow your products to the brick company that constructs your restaurant! Wow!
Fait accompli.