Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a group of militant black people who urge separatism from white people and the establishment of self-governing black communities.
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Examples
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I kept having all kinds of troubles trying to develop the kind of Black Nationalist organization I wanted to build for the American Negro.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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Any reportage about who helped Obama get into Harvard Law, and his links to Black Nationalist and Muslim Khalid al-Mansour, a close financial adviser to Saudi Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal?
On David Remnick, Jack Cashill, and the authorship of “Dreams From My Father” 2010
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It marked the beginning of his search for a radical politics that would lead him away from his white Beat friends and into the more revolutionary worlds of the civil rights and Black Nationalist movements of the late sixties.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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Many of us changed -- for instance, I went from Black Nationalist to Panafricanist to Marxist to whatever I am today, which I choose not to characterize ideologically, because reality has a tendency not to conform to ideological presumptions.
For D.C., Vince Gray's election is a bold step backward Kojo Nnamdi 2010
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Then there's the shady history of Karenga, the holiday's founder: He went to prison after being convicted of imprisoning two female members of his Black Nationalist group and beating them with an electrical cord.
Kwanzaa, and three other holidays in need of more attention Sam Sanders 2010
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It marked the beginning of his search for a radical politics that would lead him away from his white Beat friends and into the more revolutionary worlds of the civil rights and Black Nationalist movements of the late sixties.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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Earlier yesterday, I asked him if he thought he needed to prove that the Black Nationalist movement existed.
Musing on Harry Allen, Black Nationalism and Black Feminism « Gender Across Borders 2010
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COINTELPRO had five major divisions, including New Left and Black Nationalist, which Brennan worked.
FBI agent in Pentagon Papers case ran COINTELPRO operation against 'Omaha Two' 2009
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Cazenave sites some Black Nationalist separatist groups on an organizational level as examples of racial bigotry as well as African American racial bigotry on a group/individual level against Mexicans and Chinese in comedy.
Yvonne R. Davis: White Racism Black Bigotry: The Talk About Race is All Wrong! 2009
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My guess is that you haven't seen to many African American priests (African priests, probably a couple), let alone Black Nationalist priests.
Obama: I "Profoundly Disagree" With Pastor Over "God Damn America" Comments 2009
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