Plaque

Marcus Garvey - Talgarth Road

Erection date: 2005

Inscription

Marcus Garvey, 1887 - 1940, Pan-Africanist leader, lived and died here.
L.C.C. 

Site: Marcus Garvey - Talgarth Road (1 memorial)

W14, Talgarth Road, 53

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Marcus Garvey

Pan-African nationalist leader. Born Marcus Mosiah Garvey in St Ann's Bay, Ja...

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