Edward Bleyden: Radical Abolitionist, Anti-Colonial Era
1. Fredrick Douglass: Radical Egalitarian, former slave, abolitionist, orator, writer, statesman, anti-emigrationist, anti-colonialist
- Oration Delivered in Corinthian Hall (online) → Fourth of July speech criticizing Americans for celebrating independence while preserving slavery
- The Colonizationist Revival (p. 65)
- African Civilization Society (p. 76)
2. Martin Delaney: Black Nationalist (“nation within a nation”), abolitionist, emigrationist, journalist, physician, writer, advocate for black separatism
- The Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent (p. 70)
3. Edward Bleyden: Father of Pan-Africanism, left U.S. to Liberia, advocate for the Back-to-Africa-movement
4. David Walker: Abolitionist, challenged …show more content…
Elaine Brown: Activist, writer, singer, former Black Panther Party chairperson; briefly ran for the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008; founder of Mothers Advocating Juvenile Justice
34. Eldridge Cleaver: Writer and political activist; early leader of the Black Panther Party
35. Maulana Karenga: African-American professor, activist, author, creator of pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa; major figure in the Black Power movement; co-founded the US Organization
36. Martin Luther King Jr.: Clergyman, activist, African-American Civil Rights Movement leader; civil disobedience
37. Principles of Non-Violent Social Change: Nonviolent resistance/civil disobedience—Martin Luther King, Jr. Ida B. Wells and Malcolm X were opponents of this kind of thinking
38. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; its mission is “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”
39. Double Consciousness Du Bois...how you perceive yourself and how other perceive yourself is at odds…the Black experience in America is to constantly bridge and try to marry those two different
- Oration Delivered in Corinthian Hall (online) → Fourth of July speech criticizing Americans for celebrating independence while preserving slavery
- The Colonizationist Revival (p. 65)
- African Civilization Society (p. 76)
2. Martin Delaney: Black Nationalist (“nation within a nation”), abolitionist, emigrationist, journalist, physician, writer, advocate for black separatism
- The Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent (p. 70)
3. Edward Bleyden: Father of Pan-Africanism, left U.S. to Liberia, advocate for the Back-to-Africa-movement
4. David Walker: Abolitionist, challenged …show more content…
Elaine Brown: Activist, writer, singer, former Black Panther Party chairperson; briefly ran for the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008; founder of Mothers Advocating Juvenile Justice
34. Eldridge Cleaver: Writer and political activist; early leader of the Black Panther Party
35. Maulana Karenga: African-American professor, activist, author, creator of pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa; major figure in the Black Power movement; co-founded the US Organization
36. Martin Luther King Jr.: Clergyman, activist, African-American Civil Rights Movement leader; civil disobedience
37. Principles of Non-Violent Social Change: Nonviolent resistance/civil disobedience—Martin Luther King, Jr. Ida B. Wells and Malcolm X were opponents of this kind of thinking
38. NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; its mission is “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”
39. Double Consciousness Du Bois...how you perceive yourself and how other perceive yourself is at odds…the Black experience in America is to constantly bridge and try to marry those two different