Institute of the Black World
| Formation | 1969 |
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| Dissolved | 1983 |
The Institute of the Black World (IBW) was a
The IBW sought to build connections across a range of diverse Black approaches, including
: 7The IBW's own orientation has been described as "pragmatic Black nationalism... rooted in specific issues such as Black Studies or the creation of a black political agenda for the seventies; thus, its pragmatism critically engaged and employed the best practices from a variety of ideological perspectives, including cultural and political nationalism, as well as integration."[3]: 8
The institute 2encouraged black artists and developed teaching materials for black children", and among its projects was the Black Policy Studies Center.[5]
The organization was based on Chestnut Street in Atlanta, in the house where W. E. B. Du Bois once lived.[6] The IBW closed in 1983.
In 2001, an organization of a similar name was formed, called
References
- ISBN 9780761927624.
- ^ Soyer, Daniel, "Institute of the Black World", Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2006.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8130-4062-2. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Bill Strickland biography, Sacramento Black Book Fair.
- ^ "Institute of the Black World". encyclopedia.com. 1996. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- blackpast.org. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ "About the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW21)". Institute of the Black World 21st Century. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
External links
- Derrick E. White, "The Institute of the Black World and Atlanta as Black Intellectual Mecca in the 1970s", Atlanta Stdies, October 3, 2017.
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