How Did The Pan-African Congress Resolve The Civil Rights Movement?
After slavery had been abolished in the United States, African Americans still had to face severe discrimination and Jim Crow laws from the white people. But two famous black nationalists stood up to fight for what was right. W.E.B. Dubois and Marcus Garvey created their own associations which later became the voice of black people to demand their rights, liberty, and respect as human beings equally. Their main aim was to help their fellow African-Americans for justice and liberty but, the people who represented them and their viewpoints on how to resolve the problem was quite unlike.
The Pan-African Congress was established during the 1900s, and consisted of various political leaders and intellectuals from Europe, North America, and Africa …show more content…
He created his own association called the UNIA-ACL (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League) which focussed on fighting for justice for African-American soldiers who returned home to face intense discrimination, segregation, and racial violence. Garvey attracted thousands of disillusioned black working-class and lower middle-class followers to the UNIA. He wanted all voices to be heard despite their social status, education, etc.
He held the first meeting in New York City in the United States from August 1st to August 31st, in the Liberty Hall to protest against the wrong and injustices black people were facing at the hands of the white people and to state their demands. The UNIA made 12 complains and 54 demands. This was far more than the resolutions Dubois and the Pan African Congress had presented to the Peace Conference. He demanded for the main important problems of what black people faced and their solutions; some demands included, freedom of religious worship, unlimited education, freedom of speech, deprecate the term “nigger” for “Negro” with a capital N, entitlement to human respect,
The Pan-African Congress was established during the 1900s, and consisted of various political leaders and intellectuals from Europe, North America, and Africa …show more content…
He created his own association called the UNIA-ACL (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League) which focussed on fighting for justice for African-American soldiers who returned home to face intense discrimination, segregation, and racial violence. Garvey attracted thousands of disillusioned black working-class and lower middle-class followers to the UNIA. He wanted all voices to be heard despite their social status, education, etc.
He held the first meeting in New York City in the United States from August 1st to August 31st, in the Liberty Hall to protest against the wrong and injustices black people were facing at the hands of the white people and to state their demands. The UNIA made 12 complains and 54 demands. This was far more than the resolutions Dubois and the Pan African Congress had presented to the Peace Conference. He demanded for the main important problems of what black people faced and their solutions; some demands included, freedom of religious worship, unlimited education, freedom of speech, deprecate the term “nigger” for “Negro” with a capital N, entitlement to human respect,