Prescott Library: Interwar Years (Clark, Laffey, Michel, Thomas): Pan-Africanism & the New Negro Movement

Selected resources

What was the Pan-African Movement and what was its influence?
Who are key leaders and affiliated organizations?
What ideas did it promote?
How did ideas of Africa tie black people together around the world?
Assess its critique of European colonialism and racism around the world.
Who was Marcus Garvey and what was his appeal?
In what ways did Garvey's movement reflect rising nationalist sentiment in the aftermath of World War I?
To what extent did Garvey and/or his movement make progress?

African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
"The online authority on the African American Experience" from Oxford UP.

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States This link opens in a new window
Expertly selected open primary source documents of historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.