Meanings
- uncountablegovernmentThe political ideology that black people are a distinct race and should form an ethnic state.
There are two general problems in dealing with black nationalism which must be recognized before attempting to come to grips with the subject.
1971, Molly Mary Minehan Holford, The Rhetorical Development of Black Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century: the Development of Racial Consciousness (page 5)2 more examples
His teaching of black nationalism turned off many white santeros (and virtually all the Cuban santeros in the United States at the time were white), and they resented his dismissal of the Catholic saints.
2004, David M. O'Brien, Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom (page 24)Unconvinced that racial prejudice was the cause of black militancy, bureau officials instead concluded that Communist influence was responsible for the encouragement by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) of black protest and Marcus Garvey's espousal of black nationalism.
2004, Athan G. Theoharis, The FBI and American Democracy: A Brief Critical History (page 29)
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