Congress of African People

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The Congress of African People was a prominent Black nationalist and cultural organization in the United States that emerged from the Black Power movement and worked to advance Black political, cultural, and community empowerment in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American organization
Black nationalist organization
cultural organization
political organization
activePeriod 1970s
late 1960s
associatedWith Amiri Baraka
Black Arts Movement
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalGoal promotion of African heritage
promotion of Black cultural pride
ethnicFocus Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
focus Black cultural expression
Black political organizing
community organizing
foundedBy Amiri Baraka
historicalContext Black Power era
post–civil rights era
ideology Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism
cultural nationalism
keyPerson Amiri Baraka
movement Black Power movement
politicalGoal Black self-determination
independent Black political power
purpose advance Black community empowerment
advance Black cultural empowerment
advance Black political empowerment
regionServed United States of America
surface form: United States
socialIssue Black cultural institutions
Black education
community control
racial justice
typeOfOrganization mass membership organization

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Black Power movement hasKeyOrganization Congress of African People