Raleigh, Oct. 24—The North Carolina Negro Fair opened today with Governor Morrison speaking to the colored agriculturalists.
The real fair excitement is set for tomorrow. Marcus Garvey, the most picturesque of northern negro characters, is to come here to speak to them on his grand colonization scheme.
Garvey’s glorious dream of a republic in Africa, of which he will undoubtedly be president, with ambassadors from America to the African government, has become a corporation in which many negroes take stock. He tells his race that they are the most blest people on ear, living by the side of a richer, more powerful, and better educated race.
From the front page of The Daily Free Press, Kinston, N.C., Oct. 24, 1922. To learn about Marcus Garvey, see www.history.com/topics/black-history/marcus-garvey.
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