Imari Obadele
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | United States |
| Ein date of birth | 2 May 1930 |
| Place dem born am | Philadelphia |
| Date wey edie | 18 January 2010 |
| Educate for | Temple University |
Imari Obadele (born Richard Bullock Henry) (May 2, 1930 – January 18, 2010)[1] na he be a Black nationalist, advocate for reparations, den presido of de Republic of New Afrika.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Na dem born Richard Henry insyd Philadelphia, den as a young man na he found a civil rights organization der plus ein bro Milton. Na de two later move go Detroit.
After de murder of Malcolm X, na dem help form de Malcolm X Society den, na he be dissatisfied by de progress achieve by nonviolent approaches to civil rights movement, cam to embrace Black separatism.
Na Imari Obadele acknowledge na he be a graduate of Yale University during de tv program, Firing Line,wey William F. Buckley host, insyd episode 126, dem date, November 18, 1968.
Republic of New Afrika
[edit | edit source]Na Richard den Milton adopt de African names Imari den Gaidi Obadele insyd 1968. Plus odas, na dem found de Republic of New Afrika.[2] At de meeting founding de group, na dem form a "government in exile". Na dem designate Obadele de information minister, den soon dem publish a pamphlet "War in America".[3] Na de RNA ein declared territory be Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, den South Carolina.[2]
Na de Republic of New Afrika sanso form a paramilitary unit: de Black Legion. Insyd 1969, na de unit be involved insyd a gun battle insyd Detroit wey kill a police officer.
Imari split from ein bro, wey cam to reject militancy, insyd 1970, wey na dem sanso elect am presido of de Republic of New Afrika. Obadele den de group move ein headquarters to a house insyd Jackson, Mississippi, despite dem fail to purchase an 18-acre (73,000 m2) plot.
Arrest den prison
[edit | edit source]Na dem arrest den charge Obadele den ten odas (de "RNA 11") insyd de wake of a joint police / FBI raid on de house insyd 1971. Na de raid culminate insyd a gunfight wey kill an officer. Na dem later determine say na Obadele no dey at de scene, wey na dem drop murder charges against am.[4]
Insyd 1973, na dem convict am of conspiracy to assault a federal agent[5] wey na dem sentence am to twelve years in prison (of wich na he serve five). Na Amnesty International describe am as a political prisoner, wey na de group claim say na e be targeted by de FBI secof ein political views.[6] FBI documentation wey na dem later release confirm say na de agency dey follow de group. Internal FBI memos suggest say "make dem keep Obadele off de streets" wey na he be one of de country ein "most violence-prone Black extremists".
Later life
[edit | edit source]After prison, na Obadele go on to earn a PhD insyd political science from Temple University. He cam be a professor at Prairie View A&M University.
Insyd 1987, na Obadele den Chokwe Lumumba[7] form de National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA), an organization wey be dedicated to seeking financial compensation for de descendants of former slaves insyd de United States.[1]
Ein life matter
[edit | edit source]Ein stepson be academic den author Ivory A. Toldson.
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 Martin, Douglas (February 5, 2010). "Imari Obadele, Who Fought for Reparations, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- 1 2 Li, Hongshan (2024). Fighting on the Cultural Front: U.S.-China Relations in the Cold War. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/li--20704. ISBN 9780231207058. JSTOR 10.7312/li--20704.
- ↑ Obadele, Imari Abubakari (1968). War in America: the Malcolm X doctrine. Malcolm X Society. p. 68.
- ↑ Donna Ladd (March 5, 2014). "Jackson Tragedy: The RNA, Revisited". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
- ↑ Obadele, Imari (October 1978). "Open Letter to U.S. President Jimmy Carter from RNA President Imari Abubakari Obadele, I". The Black Scholar. 10 (2): 53–67. doi:10.1080/00064246.1978.11412683. JSTOR 41163666.
- ↑ "Amnesty International Annual Report 1979" (PDF). Amnesty International. 1979. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022.
- ↑ Winbush, Raymond (2010). Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations. New York, NY: HarperCollins.