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black nationalismU.S. political and social movement aimed at developing economic power and community and ethnic pride among African Americans. It was proclaimed by Marcus Garvey in the early 20th century, when many U.S. black nationalists hoped for the eventual creation of a separate black nation in Africa. In the 1960s and '70s, Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X preached the ideal of black nationalism as an alternative to assimilation into the predominantly white culture of the U.S. |
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To be fair, both authors handle Black nationalism with some nuance and sensitivity. Black Nationalism in America, 310 regarding Crummel; Arthur A. Hughes, who "disapproved of Black Nationalism and was dismayed by infighting among civil rights groups" (144), preferred in his later years to take an individual stand against American racism in his newspaper columns and poetry such as The Panther and the Lash. |
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black nationalism
