- Collection:
- Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
- Title:
- "A Short History - The Republic of New Africa", May 1970
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1979
- Subject:
- Black nationalism
African Americans--Politics and government
Southern States
Collective settlements - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This document recounts the origins and early organizational development of the Republic of New Africa. It traces the movement’s founding at the 1968 Detroit convention, where a Declaration of Independence and provisional government formally asserted Black nationhood and rejected U.S. citizenship. The narrative explains the movement’s ideological roots in the Malcolm X Society and in a political analysis emphasizing self-defense, internationalization, and independent land as essential to Black liberation. It also describes early efforts to build governmental structures, establish local consulates, develop constitutional procedures, and organize support for territorial sovereignty in the Deep South. Particular attention is given to internal leadership conflicts, constitutional disputes, and attempts at external disruption, portraying these struggles as part of the Republic’s transition from symbolic declaration to an active liberation movement headquartered in the South.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.098:1195
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Works within this collection are subject to copyright protection and/or belong to the Robert W. Woodruff Library or the relevant copyright holder. If you wish to request a reproduction or seek permission for publication, please contact the Archives Research Center at archives@auctr.edu, providing the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:098 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
