Editing Ho Chi Minh (section)

===In the United States===
While working as the cook's helper on a ship in 1912, Thành (Hồ) traveled to the United States. From 1912 to 1913, he may have lived in New York City ([[Harlem]]) and [[Boston]], where he claimed to have worked as a baker at the [[Omni Parker House|Parker House Hotel]]. The only evidence that he was in the United States is a single letter to French colonial administrators dated 15 December 1912 and postmarked New York City (he gave his address as the [[poste restante]] in Le Havre and his occupation as a sailor){{sfn|Quinn-Judge|2002|p=20}} and a postcard to [[Phan Chu Trinh]] in Paris where he mentioned working at the Parker House Hotel. Inquiries to the Parker House management revealed no records of him ever having worked there.<ref name=Duiker />{{rp|51}} It is believed that while in the US he made contact with [[Korean nationalist]]s, an experience that developed his political outlook. Sophie Quinn-Judge states that this is "in the realm of conjecture".{{sfn|Quinn-Judge|2002|p=20}} He was also influenced by [[Pan-Africanism|Pan-Africanist]] and [[Black nationalism|black nationalist]] [[Marcus Garvey]] during his stay, and said he attended meetings of the [[Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League|Universal Negro Improvement Association]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Debolt |first1=Abbe A |last2=Baugess |first2=James S |title=Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture &#91;2 volumes&#93;: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4WFjKG6vmUC&q=ho+chi+minh+influenced+by+marcus+garvey&pg=PA421 |year= 2011 |publisher=Abc-Clio |isbn=978-1440801020}}</ref>{{sfn|Duiker|2012|p=42}}