What is Black nationalism?
'''Black nationalism''' is the idea that [[black people]] from one [[country]], or from several countries belong together, and that they have a common [[history]] and [[culture]]. Sometimes, people claim there is a black [[Race (sociology)|race]]. ==History== Black nationalism started in the [[United States]] as a response to [[McCarthyism]].{{cn|date=February 2025}}{{dubious|date=February 2025}} McCarthyism lasted approximately form the mid 1940s, to the mid 1950s. During McCarthyism, there was a strong anti-communist movement in the US. At the same time, there were many [[Racism|racist]] ideologies.{{cn|date=December 2024}} In the United States, these tendencies focused on the white Anglo-Saxon protestants, who was seen as the ideal American citizen. Black nationalism wants to create a new [[nation]] for black Americans.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/black-nationalism|title=Black Nationalism}}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2025}} ==Related pages== * [[Nation of Islam]] * [[Louis Farrakhan]] * [[White supremacy]] * [[White nationalism]] * [[Black Hebrew Israelites]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Pan-Africanism}} {{African American topics}} [[Category:Nationalism]] [[Category:United States]] [[Category:Pan-Africanism]] [[Category:African-American culture]] [[Category:21st century in the United States]] [[Category:20th century in the United States]] {{US-stub}}