Integrationists vs.

Black NationalistsTwo Approaches

Integrationists believe that Blacks

Can have justice in the USCan achieve success in the USCan also have "wholesome relations with the white community" (cone, 34)are OptimisticCan have freedom and democracy

Main PointChristianity teaches love and justice and believers must treat people justly and in love because that is what God demands as the creator of all. Jesus died for and we are all one. The integration of blacks into one community is the only option for Christians.

Practical OutgrowthThere were independent black churches and black churches that were part of white bodies who wanted to separate. Blacks used the same articles of faith and the doctrinal justifications as whites.But the separation meant that blacks were rejecting the ethical behavior of whites.NAACP, SNCC, SCLC

Some Integrationists figures

Frederick Douglass, Richard Allen, Adam Clayton Powell (Sr. and Jr.), MLk (Sr. and Jr.), Vernon Johns, William Holmes Borders (Wheat Street Baptist Church), Benjamin Mays, Howard Thurman

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Black Nationalists believe that Blacks

are Africans not Americansneed not appeal to US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation or even the "white man's Christianity"need to resist America and affirm their African heritagecan achieve justice can only by separationBelieve that the issue is not just oppression but the Whites oppressed Blacksstrongly identified with being Black

or assistance from Whites

Main PointWhites can nor would ever imagine Blacks being on the same level as them and therefore real freedom is complete separation to govern one's own affairs with no interference. In order to get respect among of nations one must earn respect.

Practical OutgrowthUNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association), Moorish Science Temple, Nation of Islam, Black Panthers

Some Black Nationalists figures

David Walker, Martin Delany, Henry McNeal Turner, Marcus Garvey, Noble Drew Ali and Elijah Muhammad.

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