Black separatism

stances. Like both King and Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson favored black capitalism: building wealth through business ownership. But Robinson had his own spin on achieving this desire. Jackie Robinson wanted to own integrationist businesses with the white people and…

as a debate addressing issues that include “the scarcity of black theaters in the United States, the desirability of color-blind casting and the possibility of developing and presenting plays about the black experience in white institutions.” --- Robert Brustein, Director at the…

Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha to a West Indian mother, and a Baptist minister father. He lived in many northern cities, until he was put in jail in February 1946. He began his self education program a year later. After talking to his brother, he joined the Nation of Islam in April of 1948. After he was released from jail, he met the leader of the Nation of Islam, and fully devoted his time to building the nation. Malcolm X changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz after…

There were plenty of people that contributed to the black power and civil rights movements. One of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement was the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Two well known female contributors of the civil rights movements besides Rosa Parks were Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hammer. Although she was not the first, the arrest of Rosa Parks started the The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ella Baker executive secretary of SCLC in 1957 upon its founding. Fannie Lou Hamer…

However, leaders like Malcolm X offered a more hostile solution. Adopting some of the ideals of the Black Muslim Movement, which focused on black nationalism, separatism, and self-improvement, Malcolm X commanded that self-defense was necessary to evoke significant improvements for African Americans. His thinking lead to the creation of other militant revolutionary organizations such as the Black…

even after the Civil Rights Act, Black women still being sexually oppressed, now, by Black men as well. Afro-American women do not live their lives negatively impacted by sexism alone. The Women’s Movement does not reflect the most pressing needs of the majority black women and minority-ethnic women. Understanding the connections between racism and sexism, it is understanding the meaning of multiple oppressions, prospecting a new class of minority. The result is a Black women group without…

class but gave little insight on what the class would be about. When I read the title and description of the class I believed that we would be a simple Black history class, but after taking this class, I learned that it was so much more. Before, I thought I had Blackness figured out seeing that I am a Black woman, but after taking Introduction to the Black Experience, I have learned that there is so much history and ideology I have yet to learn or hear about. More than anything, this class gave…

was an extremely influential African-American leader during the late 19th century. In 1909, he created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People based on the principles of “education for blacks and equality”. Du bois believed that being educated about the issues of the black race would cease the mistreatment of its people. Both, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B Du Bois men advocated for Pan-Africanism, were activists for the rights of African-Americans, and believed that “the…

a very young age by our predecessors; our parents, our society, history, even by the very nature of being human. Our perceptions define our realities, and when we are afraid of the dark or the blackness that is inside our cores, our perceptions of black and white change. Explanation as I perceive it are…

there is a black box in the upper left-hand corner which contains the capitalized words “What Gun Nuts Fear:” in red letters. In the center of this frame we see…