Talk:Back-to-Africa movement

This section briefly discusses the early reaction of the African American community against the Back-to-Africa movement, but does not fully address how as the movement evolved especially after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, some members of the African American Community supported African colonization. ^[1]

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Just trying to gauge whether the Greater Liberia Bill has a place on this page. I am drafting a write up of it but just checking first if this would be a good fit or if anyone can point me to a more logical place if there is one. Thanks Joshev (talk) 17:21, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

How about telling us what it is? deisenbe (talk) 19:55, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Essentially a bill that was drafted by Senator Theodore G. Bilbo in 1939 to provide financial assistance and 50 acre land grants to African Americans aged 21-50 to relocate to Liberia. Although it did not get passed, the interesting thing about this is the co-operation between Bilbo, a notorious white supremacist, and several black nationalists such as Florence Kenna and Mittie Maude Lena Gordon, who were prominent members of the PME (Peace Movement of Ethiopia), as although their morals and values differed immensely, they were united under a common goal of racial separatism. There is a substantial amount of detail surrounding their co-operation and how it came about that I would also include in the edit. Joshev (talk) 14:37, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

What is this? I can not find anything about it. Did someone mean to type "eighth international UNIA convention"? 199.120.30.194 (talk) 00:14, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

It looks a little like the article in its present state dismisses the opinions of the Nation of Islam by drawing a loose connection between them and one group of Neo-Nazis. Just because Rockwell might have outwardly supported Nation of Islam does not mean that the Nation of Islam held a white Nazi belief. Also, I think including lines like "Black Hitler" to describe Elijah Muhammad biases the article toward a perception that Nation of Islam believed what they did because they were really Nazis themselves. This is not the case. The article doesn't even give the Nation of Islam's 1960s opinion on the matter, but rather presents it through Rockwell; that seems quite odd. Let's turn the unnecessary and trivial section about Rockwell's relationship to the Nation of Islam into a bit about what some Nation of Islam members believed. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 09:51, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

I cannot believe what I am reading here. Who is William Schmaltz? He calls the Fruit of Islam "the Gestapo of the Nation of Islam' -- clearly a biased statement that indicates he associates the Lost Fond National of Islam with Hitler and fascism. This is not a reliable source. Montju (talk) 01:43, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

When I clicked on this, I expected to read about African American back to Africa movements. I did not expect this to be almost totally focused on white opinion, nor do I understand the "Nadir of Race Relations" categorization since that is bias; it is not a neutral point of view. While it might be true that is a point of view.

There were many African Americans who advocated for return to Africa, and this article trivializes them.01:36, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

@GameStockpiler: This article now describes African Americans' support for the movement. Why is the article's neutrality still being disputed? Jarble (talk) 19:29, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

The article sometimes phrases things like: "many religious people in America struggled to reconcile slavery with their beliefs." White people are simply referred to as "people" in contrast to "Blacks", "former slaves", etc. Many of the references rely on sources that don't cite where their data comes from; for example, the History Channel says in once place on its website that 15,000 people emigrated to Liberia and in another place says it's upwards of 12,000. The figures cited in this article seem to be of those departing for Africa, not those who survived, e.g. some crossings lost 2/3 of its people. The language is often unspecific. Unfortunately, I don't have time to submit that many edits. Fiddlerrob (talk) 22:58, 25 July 2025 (UTC)