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Hon. William L. SherrillPresident-General |
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Hon. William L. SherrillPresident-General |
The Honorable William L. Sherrill was drafted by the Hon. Marcus Garvey in Baltimore, Maryland in the early 1920's. Mr. Sherrill served in many capacities, among them, First Assistant President General until 1925. H was succeeded in that office by Hon. Fred A. Toote. Mr. Sherrill was an articulate officer of the Parent Body. Those of us who came into the organization in later years, marveled at his oratorical abilities. He was always willing to take young Garveyites under his wing and impart to them the true meaning of Garveyism. No position was too menial for him in the Universal Negro Improvement Association. his life's work was Journalism and Insurance.
He represented the Black peoples of the world at the League of Nations, sent by Hon. Marcus Garvey. Later, at the United Nations, when it met for the first time in San Francisco, California, he represented the parent Body of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League during the administration of Hon. James R. Stewart.
When he left the Parent Body as an official, he would find himself as a local officer wherever he was needed. Thus, we found him Vice President of the New York Local; International Organizer, Personal Representative of the Hon. Marcus Garvey; President of the Detroit Division; president of the Cincinnati, Ohio Division and finally becoming President General in 1953. He was invited by Kwame Nkrumah to represent the U.N.I.A. and A.C.L. at the Independence Celebration of Ghana.
He left as his heritage the Marcus Garvey Foundation and the now extinct West African land Development Corporation.
* compiled from ' The Souvenir Journal for the Centennial of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey's birth.' published in 1987.
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