He had a great influence on political movements

One of the interesting facts about Marcus Garvey is that he had a great influence on political movements. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, and a major Pan-Africanist campaigner recognized Garvey's impact in his book. In his autobiography, Kwame Nkrumah stated that of all the works of literature he had studied, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey or Africa for the Africans influenced him the most.

Ghana's national flag was heavily influenced by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the African Communities League. Ghana adopted the colors of the UNIA flag when it gained independence. The colors red, black, and green are the same as on the UNIA-ACL flag, while the black star in the center was inspired by Garvey's Black Star Line, a shipping line he started. Nkrumah went on to name Ghana's national shipping line the "Black Star Line", and there is a Black Star Square in Accra, as well as a black star on the Ghanaian flag. The Black Stars are another name for Ghana's national football team.

On June 20, 1965, during a trip to Jamaica, Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King paid a visit to Garvey's shrine and laid a wreath. He informed the audience in a speech that Garvey was the first man of color to lead and organize a mass movement. He was the first person to instill a sense of dignity and destiny in millions of African-Americans. And he was the first to make a black man feel important. Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, stated that Garvey and Korean nationalists influenced his political outlook during his time in America.