The Diasporic Midwest and Global Garveyism in a New Millennium

The conclusion looks at the unfinished story of midwestern Garveyism from the 1980s onward. Liberia remains a central focus of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Although a shadow of its former self, the present-day UNIA remains active in local and transnational contexts. The James R. Stewart Division 435 in Liberia, comprising students and young professionals, arguably constitutes the most radical UNIA local on the planet today. The chapter then discusses the legacy and ongoing impact of midwestern Garveyism on contemporary Black religious, cultural, and political life in the United States and globally, most notably Black Lives Matter. Looking toward the future, this chapter concludes by emphasizing how the (re)discovery of Louise Little’s life and legacy provides a fulcrum for imagining a world beyond white supremacy, capitalism, empire, and heteropatriarchy.