Brief History of
 the Red, Black and Green Flag

On August 13, 1920 Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) unfurled the magnificent Red, Black and Green Flag to the world at the association's first international convention in New York City. The UNIA-ACL knew that Africans at home and abroad needed their own flag as other flags around the world could not represent the collective of African people ... There was no Red, Black and Green Flag prior to the coming of the Honorable Marcus Garvey and the founding of the UNIA. Today there are many African Nations that have adopted the colors Red, Black and Green after the great Marcus Garvey and his program of African Redemption. (source UNIA website)