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The first African Liberation Day, May 27, 1972, featured simultaneous demonstrations in Washington,D.C., San Francisco, and the Caribbean that drew a total of sixty thousand demonstrators in support of indigenous rule in Africa. This photo is from the Washington, D.C., demonstration.©Washington Post; District of Columbia Public Library.

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The “New Black Marxist-Black Nationalist” debate highlights a significant ideological contradiction within Black political thought, where the emphasis on class struggle inherent to Marxism clashes with the focus on racial identity and self-determination central to Black Nationalism, creating tension around how to best address systemic racism and achieve liberation for Black people; while both ideologies seek Black empowerment, they differ on the primary axis of struggle, with New Black Marxists prioritizing economic class analysis and Black Nationalists emphasizing racial identity as the key driver of oppression.
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