The Mis-Education of the Negro

by

Carter G. Woodson

Back-to-Africa Movement Term Analysis

The Back-to-Africa movement was a short-lived and largely unsuccessful attempt to convince formerly enslaved Black Americans to migrate from the United States to West Africa in the early 1900s.
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Back-to-Africa Movement Term Timeline in The Mis-Education of the Negro

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Chapter 10: The Loss of Vision
Failures of Black Leadership Theme Icon
...have lost the sense of courage and unity that once drove them to oppose the Back-to-Africa movement , fight slavery, and build a better future for their community. Instead, in the early... (full context)