Many political ideologies have been born out of the African search for liberation and freedom. It was through the nightmare of slavery, the terror of lynchings, the oppression of colonization and the general struggle for survival that the many of the tenents of Black political activism were born. This included such ideologies as Civil Rights, Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and Human Rightswere born. In the following pages shall be listed key figures and events in Black political activism throughout the diaspora. It is the hope of KAMMAASI that from each of these events, leaders and organizations, tactics can be learned and implemented in our continued struggle.
THE EARLY FREEDOM FIGHTERS: FROM SLAVERY TO EMANCIPATION
RECONSTRUCTION AMERICA: POLITICS IN THE NEW SOUTH
AFRICA IN THE AGE OF COLONIALISM: THE NEW FIGHTERS
THE BLACK POLITICAL RENAISSANCE IN AMERICA: FROM THE NAACP TO THE UNIA
BLACK CARIBBEAN POLITICS: THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE
