00:00 Marcus Garvey created the Black Star Line as a means for black people to liberate themselves from white society and find real freedom in Liberia, West Africa.

06:37 Marcus Garvey rebelled against societal norms and sided with workers in strikes, leading to his expulsion from a printing firm and later from a banana plantation in Costa Rica.

12:55 Marcus Garvey arrived in London in 1912, where he worked for Jews Mohammed Ali and began to think of himself as a writer, eventually convincing Ali to allow him to write an essay about the history of the British in Jamaica, which led him to the Library of the British Museum where he discovered the ideas of Booker T. Washington and the concept of black self-sufficiency, as well as the idea that Africa could be a place of salvation for black people, which greatly influenced him and led to the founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

18:31 Marcus Garvey arrived in Harlem in the mid-1910s and quickly became a well-known figure among black activists and leaders in America, spreading his message of black empowerment and Pan-Africanism.

24:55 Marcus Garvey's rise in popularity and ability to rally people was met with pushback from established black leaders, such as W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP, who saw him as paranoid and unrealistic in his vision of black empowerment and Pan-Africanism.

31:02 Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois had fundamentally different views on achieving black liberation, with Du Bois seeing Garvey as a charismatic but ineffective organizer and Garvey viewing Du Bois and the NAACP as elitist and under the control of white progressives.

36:24 Marcus Garvey saw the end of World War I as an opportunity to establish Liberia as a black-led symbol of empowerment and self-determination, and organized the International Conference for the Negro Peoples of the World in 1920, where he was elected the provisional president of Africa, despite not consulting any Africans about assuming this role.

41:52 Marcus Garvey's idea of the Black Star Line, a shipping company that would trade between America, Europe, and Africa and lead to the repatriation of African Americans to Africa, generated excitement and investment from black people around the world, but ultimately failed due to the forces working against Garvey.

47:43 Marcus Garvey's organization and following grew in the early 1920s, but he made a strategic mistake by attempting to negotiate and cooperate with the Ku Klux Klan, which led to a loss of momentum, respect, and support.

53:38 Marcus Garvey's career ended with his conviction and deportation, but his vision of black empowerment and self-determination continues to inspire future generations and is reflected in the work of artists like Bob Marley.

01:00:18 Octavia Butler's sci-fi novels, which explore imagined futures and include diverse characters and narratives, have had a profound impact on readers like Terry Simon, who finds personal connections and understanding of her own relationships through Butler's work.