“A Race without the knowledge of its history is like a tree without roots.”

—  Marcus Garvey

Though often attributed to Garvey, this statement first appears in Charles Siefert's 1938 pamphlet, The Negro's or Ethiopian's Contribution to Art.
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Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, or… 1887–1940

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