UNIA / ACL
The Official Website of The Universal Negro Improvement Association
& African Communities League
– Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Race First is Our Priority
In New York, the UNIA interest-owned BLACK FOOD MARKET – FACA ♦ROC – located at 132-05 Merrick Blvd (inside Belknap Street) is open 7 days per week providing all the dry goods, fish, meats, produce and vegetables. In Liberia, the UNIA owned LIBERTY FARM on 50 acres in Grand Bassa County produces cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, melons, plantains, tomatoes, etc.. The Marcus Garvey Academy in Grand Bassa County registered its first 7 students. The UNIA operated Rosedale Soccer Club in Queens, NY is for youths aged 5 to 14.
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Our History
Established 1914
Mr. Garvey built a mass organization that went beyond mere civil-rights agitation and protest and based itself upon a definitive, well thought out program that would lead to the total emancipation of the Black Race with foreign dominion.
Our Mission
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA♦ACL) is a social, friendly humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive, and expansive society founded by Marcus Garvey on Monday, July 20, 1914 in Kingston, Jamaica so as to work for the general uplift of Africans worldwide.
Our Constitution
Let justice be done to all mankind, realizing that if the strong oppresses the weak, confusion and discontent will ever amrk the path of man, but with love, faith and charity towards all, the reign of peace and plenty will be heralded into the world and the generations of men shall be call Blessed.
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The UNIA♦ACL is a social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society organized for the general uplift of Black people of the world
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Community Focus
Recent News
The UNIA Stands Alone: No Other Organization Is Doing This: HEC Conference
The Universal Negro Improvement Association continues to prove why it remains second to none when it comes to organization, structure, and real commitment to the advancement of our people. From April 16–19 in Philadelphia, the High Executive Council (HEC) Conference...
Why the UNIA 2026 Convention Is Critical for Baltimore
This Isn’t Just an Event—It’s a Turning Point Baltimore is at a crossroads. We are a city rich in history, culture, and Black leadership—yet we are also facing serious challenges. From struggling schools to economic inequality, from violence to disconnection in our...
WELLNESS FROM THE UNIA BLACK CROSS NURSES PERSPECTIVE
by Kaishten Blake, UNIA Phila Division 121 Lady President Peace, Love and Light to all the Gods and Goddesses of the African Diaspora who read this passage! I am Kaishten Blake, UNIA-ACL Philadelphia Division 121 Lady President and Executive Secretary. As your Lady...
From Our Members
What do our members have to say? We are a proud group who vow to uphold the mission and constitution of the U.N.I.A./A.C.L.
“I cannot thank the President General enough for allowing me to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
“If it were not for the UNIA, I would be so frustrated and militant in responding to the white police brutality attacking our people. But because of the President General, I now know that the solutrion is a self reliant independent economics system based on Race First “
“When I need to food shop, I go to the ROC first and whatever I cannot find at the ROC, then I go to other super markets.”