Inspired by the writings of Booker T. Washington, Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey became the most prominent Black Nationalist in the United States. He championed the back-to-Africa movement, advocated for black-owned businesses—he founded the Black Star Line, a transnational shipping company—and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Thousands of UNIA chapters formed all across the world. In 1921, Garvey recorded a message in a New York studio explaining the object of the UNIA.

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Inspired by the writings of Booker T. Washington, Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey became the most prominent Black Nationalist in the United States. He championed the back-to-Africa movement, advocated for black-owned businesses—he founded the Black Star Line, a transnational shipping company—and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Thousands of UNIA chapters formed all across the world. In 1921, Garvey recorded a message in a New York studio explaining the object of the UNIA.

"Fellow citizens of Africa, I greet you in the name of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League of the World. You may ask, “what organization is that?” It is for me to inform you that the Universal Negro Improvement Association is an organization that seeks to unite, into one solid body, the four hundred million Negroes in the world. To link up the fifty million Negroes in the United States of America, with the twenty million Negroes of the West Indies, the forty million Negroes of South and Central America, with the two hundred and eighty million Negroes of Africa, for the purpose of bettering our industrial, commercial, educational, social, and political conditions."

Based on the text, what were the main objectives of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) as stated by Marcus Garvey?

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The main objectives of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) as stated by Marcus Garvey include:

Unity of Black People: To unite the approximately 400 million Black individuals across the world into one solid body.
Connection Between Different Black Communities: To link together the various populations of Black people, including those in the United States, West Indies, South and Central America, and Africa.
Improvement of Conditions: To improve the industrial, commercial, educational, social, and political conditions of Black people worldwide.

These objectives emphasize a collective effort to enhance the status and unity of Black communities globally.