Raynors HCA 2017-12
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2017
Rare medal for the BLACK CROSS NAVIGATION AND TRADING COMPANY, 1-1/2” diameter, with image of ship at center, verso “MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SACRIFIED FOR THE RACE” and “NEGRO PATRIOT 1925” at center. Good condition. The Black Star Line (1919-1922) was a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey, the organizer of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and other members of the UNIA. The shipping line was created to facilitate the transportation of goods and eventually African Americans throughout the African global economy. It derived its name from the White Star Line, a line whose success Garvey felt he could duplicate.[1] Black Star Line became a key part of Garvey's contribution to the Back-to-Africa movement. It was one among many businesses which the UNIA originated, such as the Universal Printing House, Negro Factories Corporation, and the widely distributed and highly successful Negro World weekly newspaper. The Black Star Line and its successor, the Black Cross Navigation and Trading Company, operated between 1919 and 1922. It stands today as a major symbol for Garvey followers and African Americans in search of a way to get back to their homeland. It is not to be confused with the Black Star Line, the state shipping corporation of Ghana.
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