Erection date: 2005
Marcus Garvey, 1887 - 1940, Pan-Africanist leader, lived and died here.
L.C.C.
W14, Talgarth Road, 53
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Marcus Garvey - Talgarth Road
Pan-African nationalist leader. Born Marcus Mosiah Garvey in St Ann's Bay, Ja...
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Marcus Garvey - Talgarth Road
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