This informational blog provides important information about the relationship between African Americans and Palestinians. It provides a broader context in which to examine the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
NOTE: The blog is compiled and reprinted with permission by Abdul Akailmat, PhD
1. Historical Background 2. Analysis 3. Organizations 4. Individuals 5. Palestinian support for African Americans
Historical Background
Black Power and Palestine https://www.amazon.com/Black-Power-Palestine-Transnational-Comparative/dp/1503605450?asin=1503607380&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
UN: The question of Palestine https://www.un.org/unispal/history/
MERIP: Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict https://merip.org/palestine-israel-primer/
Analysis
Journal of Palestine Studies: Special Issue on Black Americans https://online.ucpress.edu/jps/issue/10/2
The Interconnectedness of Black and Palestinian Struggles https://www.aaihs.org/the-interconnectedness-of-black-and-palestinian-struggles/
African Americans, Palestine, and Solidarity https://www.aaihs.org/african-americans-palestine-and-solidarity/
Organizations
SNCC https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/policy-statements/palestine/
SCLC https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/08/21/111053581.html?pageNumber=2
Black Panther Party https://hiphopandpolitics.com/2014/08/02/history-101-black-panthers-palestinians-fight-end-racist-zionism/
Black Activists, Scholars and Artists http://www.blackforpalestine.com/read-the-statement.html
Black Alliance for Peace https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/palestinianstruggleweek2021
Black Lives Matter https://impakter.com/blm-bds-relationship-resistance/
Movement for Black Lives https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/why-did-black-american-activists-start-caring-about-palestine/496088/
Peoples Organization for Progress https://ibw21.org/commentary/the-peoples-organization-for-progress-pop-statement-on-african-american-freedom-fighters-and-the-palestinian-struggle/
Individuals
W.E.B. DuBois https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/pageturn/mums312-b209-i090/#page/1/mode/1up
Malcolm X https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Malcolm-X-on-Zionism--1964-.html?soid=1109359583686&aid=taq-JEAV244
Jesse Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W085pnbq-iA
Angela Davis http://www.thejournalist.org.za/spotlight/angela-davis-palestinian-rights-and-anti-semitism/
Nelson Mandela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJcGTjAFGjk
Cornel West https://www.c-span.org/video/?437547-1/cornel-west-alan-dershowitz-mideast-debate
Kali Akuno https://usacbi.org/2011/08/kali-akuno-the-black-liberation-movement-and-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-lessons-and-applications-for-the-palestinian-liberation-movement/
Palestinian Support for African Americans
Palestinians Offer Support https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/palestinians-offer-solidarity-with-black-america-s-struggle-for-justice-36884
Unbreakable Link https://www.arabnews.com/node/1690701
Palestinian Liberation Leader Supports Black Panthers https://www.workers.org/2018/11/39670/
Black Activists and Palestinians https://medium.com/hindsights/black-palestinian-solidarity-contemporary-struggles-historical-roots-d975a9567aeb
Arabs Rally for Black Liberation https://aaan.org/arabs-in-chicagoland-rally-for-black-liberation/