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"Black pride" is a slogan used primarily in the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 where it is used to raise awareness of the state of black
Black people

Black people is a term usually referring to a Race of humans with a dark skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse populations into one common group....
 racial identity and to express solidarity amongst group members.

United States
The slogan has been used in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 by African Americans to denote a feeling of self-respect, celebrating one's heritage, and being proud of one's personal worth. Black pride as a national movement is closely linked with the developments of the American Civil Rights Movement, during which noted figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an United States pastor, activist and prominent leader in the African-American African-American Civil Rights Movement ....
, Malcolm X
Malcolm X

Malcolm X , also known as Hajji Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans....
, A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph

Asa Philip Randolph was a prominent twentieth-century African American US civil rights movement and the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a landmark for labor and particularly for African-American labor organizing....
, Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael , also known as Kwame Toure, was a Trinidad and Tobago-United States black activist active in the 1960s African-American Civil Rights Movement ....
, and others protested the conditions of the United States' segregated society, and lobbied for better treatment for people of all races.






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"Black pride" is a slogan used primarily in the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 where it is used to raise awareness of the state of black
Black people

Black people is a term usually referring to a Race of humans with a dark skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse populations into one common group....
 racial identity and to express solidarity amongst group members.

United States


The slogan has been used in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 by African Americans to denote a feeling of self-respect, celebrating one's heritage, and being proud of one's personal worth. Black pride as a national movement is closely linked with the developments of the American Civil Rights Movement, during which noted figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an United States pastor, activist and prominent leader in the African-American African-American Civil Rights Movement ....
, Malcolm X
Malcolm X

Malcolm X , also known as Hajji Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans....
, A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph

Asa Philip Randolph was a prominent twentieth-century African American US civil rights movement and the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a landmark for labor and particularly for African-American labor organizing....
, Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael , also known as Kwame Toure, was a Trinidad and Tobago-United States black activist active in the 1960s African-American Civil Rights Movement ....
, and others protested the conditions of the United States' segregated society, and lobbied for better treatment for people of all races. Roy Innis
Roy Innis

Roy Emile Alfredo Innis has been National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality since his election to the position in 1968.One of his sons, Niger Innis also serves the Congress of Racial Equality as its National Spokesman....
 has sought to enhance and build on the black pride movement of the mid-1960’s, he and a Congress of Racial Equality
Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a United States civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the African-American Civil Rights Movement from its foundation in 1942 to the mid-1960s....
 delegation toured seven African countries in 1971. Curtis Mayfield's "We're a Winner" became a virtual anthem of the black power
Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies. It is used in the movement among black people throughout the world, primarily those in the United States....
 and black pride movements.

The concept of black power
Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies. It is used in the movement among black people throughout the world, primarily those in the United States....
 also permeated into the work of popular musicians at the time. The Impressions
The Impressions (American band)

The Impressions are an United States music group from Chicago, originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes doo-wop, gospel music, soul music, and R&B....
's "We're a Winner
We're a Winner

"We're a Winner" is a 1967 in music single recorded by The Impressions for the ABC-Paramount Records label. Written and produced by Impressions lead singer Curtis Mayfield, the song is notable as one of the most prominent popular recordings dealing with the subject of black pride....
", written by their lead singer Curtis Mayfield, became a virtual anthem of the black power and black pride movements, as did James Brown
James Brown

James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....
's "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud

"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" is a funk song written and recorded by James Brown in 1968. It is notable both as one of Brown's signature songs and as one of the most popular "black power" anthems of the 1960s....
", Collin Carlone's "Life As a 'Boro Black Boy", and, unwittingly, Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street
Dancing in the Street

"Dancing in the Street" is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song....
".

Brazil

The Black Pride Movement is very prevalent in Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, especially throughout their poorer population. A local and global recognition of this movement has been demonstrated throughout Brazilian funk. Brazilian Funk’s origin reflects Brazilian Black resistance and today appeals to a larger regional cultural identity. Ethnomusicologist George Yúdice states that youth were engaging black culture mediated by a U.S. culture industry met with many arguments against their susceptibility to cultural colonization. Although it borrows some ingredients from a form of Black American musical resistance hip hop, its style still remains unique to the Brazil (specifically in Rio and São Paulo).

Rastafari

Black pride has been a central them of the originally Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
n Rastafari movement
Rastafari movement

The Rastafari movement is a monotheism, Abrahamic religions, new religious movement that accepts Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as the incarnation of God, called Jah or Jah Rastafari....
 since the second half of the 20th century, where it has been described as 'a rock in the face of expressions of white superiority'.

See also

  • Black nationalism
    Black nationalism

    Black nationalism advocates a racial definition of black national identity, as opposed to multiculturalism. There are different black nationalist philosophies but the principles of all black nationalist ideologies are 1) Black pride, and 2) black economic, political, social and/or cultural independence from white society....