black nationalist

noun

variants or Black Nationalist
plural black nationalists or Black Nationalists
: a member of a Black advocacy group in the U.S. especially during the 1960's and 1970's that sought to empower Black people financially, promote a sense of Black community and identity, and form a separate self-governing Black nation
often used before another noun
black nationalist groups
a Black Nationalist leader
black nationalism noun
or Black Nationalism

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Whether expressed in right-wing, left-wing, jihadist, or black nationalist ideological terms, today’s acts of political violence share a common lineage in the above mixture and together have resulted in almost 200 deaths since the 9/11 attacks. Peter Bergen, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2018 Crook Manifesto has no granular reveries to soul food delicacies or ritual encounters with bookish black nationalists of the Elder Michaux variety. Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023 The group was named after Grandassaland, a term that black nationalist Carlos A. Cooks, one of Mr. Brathwaite’s political idols, used to refer to the African continent, and included women whom Mr. Brathwaite and his brother spotted on the street. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023 After two recent murderous attacks by Muslims, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, and Noah Green, a black nationalist and member of the Nation of Islam, the Justice Department should be investigating radical Islamic terrorist threats inside the U.S. and not making rulings about pistol stabilizers. Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for black nationalist 

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of black nationalist was in 1943

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“Black nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20nationalist. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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