Political Activists – Black Nationalists
Stokely Carmichael’s Black Power Speech (1966)
On the night of June 16, 1966, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Chair Stokely Carmichael (Later Kwame Ture) proclaimed to...
Andree Blouin (1921-1986)
Andree Madeleine Blouin, one of an emerging group of African activists and political leaders in the 1960s, was born in...
Institute of the Black World (1969-1983)
The Institute of the Black World (IBW) was a collective Black intellectual think tank spearheaded by Vincent Harding, chair of...
Marcus Jacques Garvey, Jr. (1930-2020)
Marcus Jacques Garvey, Jr., was the oldest son of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr., founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association...
Arnold Josiah Ford (1877-1935)
Arnold Josiah Ford was a black nationalist, rabbi, and emigrationist. Ford was born on April 23, 1877 in Bridgetown, Barbados...
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (1917-1999)
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean anti-colonialist revolutionary and politician who was vice-president of Zimbabwe from 1990 to his...
Imari Abubakari Obadele, I (1930-2010)
Imari Obadele, black power activist, reparations advocate, and college professor, is best known as co-founder of the Republic of New...
Charles Kenyatta (1921-2005)
Charles Sumner Kenyatta, also known as Charles 37X and Charles Morris, organized the Harlem Mau Mau Society and worked as Malcolm X’s bodyguard....
James F. Jones / “Prophet Jones” (1907-1971)
James F. Jones stood out for many years within black American religious circles. Known for his lavish living and mysterious persona, Jones’...
