Republic of New Africa (Organization)

Republic of New Africa (America) was an African American separatist group founded in 1968. Among its demands was that the United States Government should set aside five southern states--Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina--for the establishment of an African-American republic. The first African community was established in 1970 in Jackson, Miss. Iman Abubakari Obadele was named president of the republic. In 1971, a 20 acre tract of land in Hinds County, Miss. was proclaimed the capital of the nation. A police and Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on the headquarters in 1971 left the group in disarray. It later moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. In 1984, the national membership was between 5,000 and 10,000 individuals.

From the guide to the Republic of New Africa Collection, 1972-1980, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)