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4 - King Embraces Africa, 1961–1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2025

Jeremy I. Levitt
Jeremy I. Levitt
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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The fourth chapter investigates the years from mid-1961 until King’s assassination in 1968, a period characterized by his intensified and prophetic engagement with Africa. King’s advocacy expanded to encompass robust support for anticolonial movements, initiatives to halt internal African conflicts, lobbying for US development aid, and the creation of scholarship opportunities for African students in American universities. His leadership within the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa (ANLCA) is presented as instrumental in amplifying these efforts. The chapter situates King’s embrace of Africa within a broader historical and ideological context, drawing parallels to W. E. B. Du Bois and underscoring the enduring significance of King’s Pan-African vision for contemporary discourse on the Black World and Africa.

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American Negro Leadership ConferenceAfricaPan-AfricanismW. E. B. Du BoisBlack WorldMartin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr., Africa, and Pan-Africanism
 , pp. 75 - 107
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026

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