Genocide Activism: Generational Interpretations within African American and Native American Organizations, 1948-1978

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Marlowe, K. (2023). Genocide Activism: Generational Interpretations within African American and Native American Organizations, 1948-1978. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

This thesis is a comparative analysis of Native American and African American activist strategies from the immediate post-WWII era to the height of the Civil Rights Era using a term I call "genocide activism." Genocide activism is when a group or individual uses the term genocide or references the 1948 UN Genocide Convention to criticize and denounce certain conditions, peoples, or governments for past or present injustices. Using the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) as comparable organizations in the immediate post-WWII era and the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the American Indian Movement (AIM) as comparable groups in the Civil Rights Era, this thesis analyzes the nuance of activism throughout these three decades. The CRC’s and the NCAI’s political and legal forms of activism demonstrate the constraints and benefits of working within governmental institutions. The BPP and the AIM represent a shift in activist strategies to radicalism and similarly illustrate the expansion and development of the term "genocide" to an all-encompassing term for social injustices.

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Author

Marlowe, Kathryn

Title

Genocide Activism: Generational Interpretations within African American and Native American Organizations, 1948-1978

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1 online resource (111 pages) : PDF

Date

2023

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

This thesis is a comparative analysis of Native American and African American activist strategies from the immediate post-WWII era to the height of the Civil Rights Era using a term I call "genocide activism." Genocide activism is when a group or individual uses the term genocide or references the 1948 UN Genocide Convention to criticize and denounce certain conditions, peoples, or governments for past or present injustices. Using the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) as comparable organizations in the immediate post-WWII era and the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the American Indian Movement (AIM) as comparable groups in the Civil Rights Era, this thesis analyzes the nuance of activism throughout these three decades. The CRC’s and the NCAI’s political and legal forms of activism demonstrate the constraints and benefits of working within governmental institutions. The BPP and the AIM represent a shift in activist strategies to radicalism and similarly illustrate the expansion and development of the term "genocide" to an all-encompassing term for social injustices.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

History
Ethnicity--Study and teaching
African Americans--Study and teaching
Indigenous peoples

Subjects--Places

North America

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

Activism
African American
Genocide
Native American

Subject Area

History

Advisor(s)

Shull, Kristina

Committee Members

Higham, Carol
Cox, John

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2023.

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