Transcript Integrationism vs. Black Nationalism

Integrationists
vs.
Black Nationalists
Two Approaches
Integrationists believe that
Blacks
Can have justice in the US
Can achieve success in the US
Can also have "wholesome relations
with the white community" (cone, 34)
are Optimistic
Can have freedom and democracy
Main Point
Christianity teaches love and justice and
believers must treat people justly and in
love because that is what God demands
as the creator of all. Jesus died for and
we are all one. The integration of blacks
into one community is the only option
for Christians.
Practical Outgrowth
There were independent black churches and
black churches that were part of white bodies
who wanted to separate. Blacks used the
same articles of faith and the doctrinal
justifications as whites.
But the separation meant that blacks were
rejecting the ethical behavior of whites.
NAACP, SNCC, SCLC
Some Integrationists figures
Frederick Douglass, Richard Allen,
Adam Clayton Powell (Sr. and Jr.), MLk
(Sr. and Jr.), Vernon Johns, William
Holmes Borders (Wheat Street Baptist
Church), Benjamin Mays, Howard
Thurman
sources
http://www.abyssinian.org/abc/imgfront/image005.jpg
http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/images/powell_ada
m_clayton_jr.jpg
http://www.mccsc.edu/~kmcglaun/mlk/man.jpg
http://eridanus.gsu.edu/media_content/m-2279.jpg
http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/BlackHistoryMonth/
Vernon%20Johns/VernonJohns.jpeg
http://i.biblio.com/b/040m/34193040-0-m.jpg
http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/images/mays_benja
min.gif
http://www.africanamericans.com/images2/HowardThurm
an.jpg
Black Nationalists believe that
Blacks
are Africans not Americans
need not appeal to US Constitution, Declaration of
Independence, Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation or even the "white man's
Christianity"
need to resist America and affirm their African
heritage
can achieve justice can only by separation
Believe that the issue is not just oppression but
the Whites oppressed Blacks
strongly identified with being Black
Main Point
Whites can nor would ever imagine
Blacks being on the same level as them
and therefore real freedom is complete
separation to govern one's own affairs
with no interference. In order to get
respect among of nations one must
earn respect.
Practical Outgrowth
UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement
Association), Moorish Science Temple,
Nation of Islam, Black Panthers
Some Black Nationalists
figures
David Walker, Martin Delany, Henry
McNeal Turner, Marcus Garvey, Noble
Drew Ali and Elijah Muhammad.
Sources
http://members.aol.com/jeff94100/delany.jpg
http://hierographics.org/yourhistoryonline/he
nry_mcneil_turner.jpg
http://www.onyeka.co.uk/assets/links/marcus
_garvey.jpg
http://web.mit.edu/ran/Public/MLK%20Slides/
Noble%20Drew%20Ali.jpg
http://www.noi.org/images/hem1a-1.1.jpg