July 20
On July 20 in Jamaican music: 2 releases dated to this day, including Hold You by Gyptian (2010), 1 moment from the Island Chronicle and 3 stories from the news archive.
Released on this day
Albums and singles in the Listen library dated to this day — press play from any title.
Moments from the Chronicle
- 1914
Marcus Garvey founds the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Kingston, launching a global movement for Black liberation. UNIA's cultural pride and Pan-African vision helped lay intellectual groundwork for Rastafari and the conscious reggae tradition. Source ↗
Stories published on this day
From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.
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