Black nationalism

Black nationalism is a movement with the viewpoint that Africans at 'home and abroad' (such as African Americans) share a common heritage and destiny, and often that all people of African ancestry belong to a single nation.

Black nationalism originated with the growth of Nationalism in the 19th century, but only became a significant organized movement early in the 20th century.

"...the effort of thousands of American Negroes (sic) to resolve for themselves this fundamental problem of identity and to provide a context for their moral, cultural, and material advancement within the limits set by the American scene."

-- from Essien-Udom, E. U. Black Nationalism: The Search for an Identity, The University of Chicago Press. xvi, 368 p., 14 halftones. 1962

Prominent Black nationalist leaders have included:

• Marcus Garvey
• Malcolm X

See also:

• History of Liberia
• E.U. Essien-Udom
• Maulana Karanga
• Imamu Amiri Baraka
• Cheikh Anta Diop
• John Herik Clarke
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Arthur Schomburg
• T. Thomas Fortune
• Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
• Audley 'Queen Mother' Moore
• Amy Jacques-Garvey
• Amy Ashwood Garvey
• John Edward Bruce
• Patrice Lamumba
• Kwame Nkrumah
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Nelson Mandela
• Mumia Abu-Jamal
• Black Panthers
• New Black Panthers
• Black Star Line
• ethnic nationalism
• romantic nationalism
• White nationalism
• Kwanzaa
• Nation of Islam