Nonetheless, these competitors continued to provide endless streams of gossip, rumors, and, occasionally, hard evidence to federal authorities who were tracking the “man with a long bag.” Stepping up the attack, Du Bois branded Garvey “the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race in America and the world.” He and other prominent leaders reportedly went as far as to cooperate with the federal government, which was bent on getting Garvey deported back to Jamaica.41 Two NAACP officials sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general urging a speedy prosecution of the pending federal case against Garvey.
