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Description

1. .1 lin. ft. (1 folder)

Summary

1. The Republic of New Africa collection includes a photocopy of the proposal "Anti-Depression Program of the Republic of New Africa to End Poverty, Dependence, Cultural Malnutrition, and Crime among Black People in the United States and Promote Inter-Racial Peace. Presented for enactment to both Houses of the United States Congress, March 1972."

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Black nationalism > United States
2. Edwards, Larry L
3. African Americans > Societies, etc
4. United States > Race relations
5. Republic of New Africa (Organization)
6. African Americans > Politics and government

Call number

1. Sc MG 167

Source (note)

1. Edwards, Larry L.
2. Edwards, Mercer Donahue

Biography (note)

1. The Republic of New Africa (RNA; also spelled Republic of New Afrika) was an African American separatist group founded in 1968. Among its demands was that the United States Government should set aside five southern states—Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina—for the establishment of an African-American republic. The first African community was established in 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi. Iman Abubakari Obadele was named president of the republic. In 1971, a 20-acre tract of land in Hinds County, Mississippi, was proclaimed the capital of the nation. A police and Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on the headquarters in 1971 left the group in disarray. It later moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. In 1984, the national membership was between 5,000 and 10,000 individuals.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed

Author

1. Republic of New Africa (Organization)

Title

1. Republic of New Africa collection, 1972-1980.

Biography

1. The Republic of New Africa (RNA; also spelled Republic of New Afrika) was an African American separatist group founded in 1968. Among its demands was that the United States Government should set aside five southern states—Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina—for the establishment of an African-American republic. The first African community was established in 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi. Iman Abubakari Obadele was named president of the republic. In 1971, a 20-acre tract of land in Hinds County, Mississippi, was proclaimed the capital of the nation. A police and Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on the headquarters in 1971 left the group in disarray. It later moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. In 1984, the national membership was between 5,000 and 10,000 individuals.

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Research call number

1. Sc MG 167