Republic of New Afrika

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The Republic of New Afrika is a Black nationalist and separatist organization that emerged in the late 1960s advocating for an independent Black-majority nation in the U.S. South as part of the broader Black Power movement.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Black nationalist organization
political movement
separatist organization
advocatesFor Black control of land and institutions in the South
political independence from the United States
associatedWith Black liberation struggle
radical Black politics
claimsRight to secede from the United States
countryClaimed independent Black-majority nation in the U.S. South
countryOfOrigin United States
demands financial reparations from the U.S. government
land cession in the U.S. South
emergedInPeriod late 1960s
ethnicFocus African Americans
foundedInDecade 1960s
framesStruggleAs national liberation struggle
goal creation of an independent Black nation-state
reparations for slavery and racial oppression
self-determination for African Americans
ideology Black nationalism
Black separatism
Pan-Africanism
influencedBy Black Power movement
Pan-Africanist thought
anti-colonial liberation movements
languageOfOrganization English
legalStatus unrecognized state project
membershipBase African Americans in the United States
opposedBy U.S. federal government
opposes U.S. racial segregation and discrimination
white supremacy
partOf Black Power movement
politicalPosition anti-capitalist
anti-imperialist
revolutionary
promotes Black self-defense
community control
proposedCapital Jackson, Mississippi
proposedTerritory Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
regionClaimed U.S. South
seeksToRepresent Black people in the United States
subjectOf COINTELPRO activities
FBI surveillance
usesSymbol red-black-green flag

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Black Power movement
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