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The Black Manifesto was a 1969 manifesto that demanded $500 million (~$3.19 billion in 2023) in reparations from white churches and synagogues for their participation in the injustices of slavery and segregation committed against African-Americans.
Mar 5, 2016 · Summary. Black Power advocate James Forman, former chair of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), interrupted worship at New York City's Riverside Church on May 4, 1969 and presented a manifesto for reparations to the largely white congregation.
- Raymond Gavins
- 2016
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The purpose ofthis article is to (1) describe the conception of the "Black Manifesto," (2) recount the characteristic responses by lay and religious leaders, (3) present ananalysis oftherhetorical impact of the manifesto document, and (4) provide inter-pretative conclusions basedonthe analysis. Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1, September 1974
Thesis Approvals: Dr. Wilbert Jenkins, Thesis Advisor, History Department Dr. Teshale Tibebu, History Department. ABSTRACT. James Forman’s Black Manifesto demanded $500 million in reparations from the. nation’s white churches and synagogues for their financial, moral, and spiritual.
Ironically, some of the most militant Black Nationalist, as the call them selves, have been the first to jump on the bandwagon of black capitalism. They are pimps; Black Power Pimps and fraudulent leaders and the poeple must be educated to understand that any black man or Negro who is advocating a perpetuation of capitalism
purpose was to bring black leaders together for discussion and concerted action on the economic aspects of Black Power, but one of the invited speakers, James Forman, took over the meeting and demanded endorsement of a document he called the "Black Manifesto." Depending on the source of one's information, the conference was attended by 400-700
