Revolutionary Black Nationalism in America with some References to Africa: the 20th Century

Abstract

This dissertation attempts to revisit Black Nationalism in America, an ideology that stands in support of separate black statehood from the mid 19th century to the present, detailing the ways in which Black Nationalism historically mirrored broader currents in the African American struggle in USA. And overlapping its expansion around the globe; essentially, Africa, and its evolution to what is known as PanAfricanism amongst African people as an antislavery and, anticolonialism, and a call for African unity. The aims of Pan-Africanism have evolved through the ensuing decades: nationalsim, independence, political and economic cooperation, and historical and cultural awareness. Key words: Nationalism, Afro-Americans, America, Pan-Africanism, Africa, civil rights, awareness, emancipation.