Black activism

Last updated February 03, 2026

Black activism may refer to:

General frameworks

Critical race theory, intellectual movement and framework
Ethnic nationalism, a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity
Identity politics, politics based on a particular identity including ethnicity and race
Pan-Africanism, a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous peoples and diasporas of African ancestry
Racial nationalism, an ideology that advocates a racial definition of national identity
Black supremacy, a racial supremacist belief which maintains that black people are inherently superior to people of other races

African nationalism, a group of political ideologies in West, Central, East and Southern Africa based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states
Afrocentrism, a worldview centered on the history of people of African descent or a biased view that favors it over non-African civilizations
Black Consciousness Movement, South African anti-apartheid movement in 1960s
Black genocide in the United States, the notion that African Americans have been subjected to genocide because of racism against African Americans
Black Judaism, Judaism that is practiced by people of African descent, both within Africa and the African diaspora, as well as within the Jewish diaspora
Black-Palestinian solidarity, political solidarity between Palestinian people and Black people
Hoteps, groups of African Americans who believe that they are the descendants of the Ancient Egyptians
Négritude, cultural and political movement developed by a francophone African elite

Black church, the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans
Black Hebrew Israelites, groups of African Americans who believe that they are the descendants of the ancient Israelites
Black is beautiful, a cultural movement started in the 1960s
Black Lives Matter, a political and social movement promote anti-racism
Black power movement, a branch within the civil rights movement started in the 1960s
Black separatism, a separatist political movement that seeks separate economic and cultural development for those of African descent in societies
Political hip hop § Ideology and views of political rappers, a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning hip hop into a form of political activism
Racism against African Americans, dating back to the colonial era and persisting in the 21st century
Religion of Black Americans, religious and spiritual practices of African Americans in the US
Woke, a term meaning alert to racial or social injustices