Distillation of the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association's 1937 lectures on topics ranging from the attainment of universal knowledge to leadership, character, God, and the social system.

Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey (1887-40) was a proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, which inspired the Nation of Islam and Rastafarianism. Committed to the belief that African Americans need to secure financial independence from white-dominated society, he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the African Communities League.