USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name for the idea that Black Americans should have their own country?
A
Black Nationalism
B
The Nation of Islam
C
White Nationalism
D
Black Pride
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Black nationalists often promote black separatism, which posits the belief that black people should form territorially and politically separate nation-states.

Detailed explanation-2: -Achieving major national influence through the Nation of Islam (NOI) and the Black Power movement of the 1960s, proponents of black nationalism advocated economic self-sufficiency, race pride for African Americans, and black separatism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect people of African descent worldwide.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rather the real “father of Black Nationalism” was the Reverend Lewis Woodson of Pittsburgh, Martin Delany’s first teacher. From 1837 to 1841, Woodson outlined the major tenets underpinning the actions and rhetoric of Delany and his allies in the 1850’s.

Detailed explanation-5: -This sentiment was spearheaded by Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the 1920s. Black separatists generally think that black people are hindered in a white-dominated society.

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