Feb 16, 2012 - Issue 459 |
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The Challenge of
Black Nationalism
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One
of the biggest challenges African people face in There
are far too many African people in this country who think what is good
for other people should be good for us. Nothing could be further from
the truth. We can only determine what is good for us by reestablishing
Black Nationalist thinking and developing a Black Nationalist program
of action. This is the missing link to the liberation of African people
in Black
Nationalism is a tradition that emerged in the early nineteenth-century
among those Black leaders who understood the need for African people in
These
nineteenth-century Black Nationalist leaders such as Denmark Vessey During
this era, there were some Black Nationalist leaders, before and after
the Civil War, who led movements for people of African ancestry to leave
this country and establish a homeland somewhere else. These proposals
included Africa Other
Black Nationalist leaders led movements for Black people to control the
towns where they lived and others led movements to the western region
of this country to establish all Black towns in The
core of this Black Nationalist tradition has been to defeat and overthrow
the system of white supremacy The
Black Nationalist tradition has always been opposed to integrations Black
Nationalists have been historically clear that people in power don’t teach
powerless people how to get power. And they certainly don’t give power
away As
Black Nationalism emerged in the twentieth-century Garvey
used his varied skills to become on of our true twentieth-century freedom
fighters. Garvey arrived in Perhaps
Garvey’s greatest contribution to the upliftment
of our people This
was reflected in the First International Convention of the Negro Peoples
of the World In
this context The Black Nationalist tradition was continued in the twentieth-century through the Nation of Islam and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who utilized many of the Garvey and UNIA/ACL organizing tactics and strategies. It
was during the 1960s Black Power explosion that the Black Nationalist
tradition reemerged through the influence of Malcolm X, who adopted Black
Nationalism as the political philosophy Finally Without
vigorous Black Nationalist thinking and an aggressive Black Nationalist
program of action Once
Black Nationalism is understood by all Black people BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, is the National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF). Click here to contact Dr. Worrill. |
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