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Multiple Issues[edit]

This article does have some problems, particularly in regards to the opening paragraph. Sentences such as "Today, the media and education of Black people are shaping the need for a more just and humane society when referring to equal socialism for African-Americans" do not cite any sources, leading me to believe we may be dealing with a Wikipedia:NPOV and Wikipedia:NOR issue. Statements such as the one I referenced may be true, or they may not be, and so declarative statements in regards to them must be derived from a source. In addition, one of the sources cited is the Socialist Worker, a partisan source that should be checked even if it is only being cited for historical information. One final point of critique; this article relies too much on Wikipedia as a source, and should be reworked per the guidelines in Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. SamHolt6 13:46, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Corrections and Questions[edit]

Corrections have been made to the leader, the last sentence, along with the citation. After extensive research, there Wikipedia articles are no longer used as sources for this topic. However, I cannot remove the alert on the page. Is there a specific way to check if a source is a partisan source or not? Tearani (talk) 17:21, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New Material[edit]

I encourage contributors to add content to Media and Education section of this page. This topic it really important to the development of socialism for African Americans, and how these modes effect socialism today. Some sources that may be beneficial include "The Question of Fascism in the US" by Steve Martinot and "The Struggle of African American Students in Public Schools" by Pascal Mubenga. Tearani (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:African-American gospel which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 23:18, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Curreny and future changes[edit]

A number of changes have been made, I propose that there be a clarifying paragraph on socialism as it pertained to African AMericans. Additions of the Civil Rights Era and 1960s and 70s to the Historical section. There should also be clarification on the distintinguishment between socialism and communism as it pertains to African Americans to better understand why there was a conflict between the ideologies supporters Ngill13 (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Trimmed sections[edit]

I have boldly removed three sections that seem to me not about African-American socailism and to provide context that is best found by readers looking at other Wikipedia articles, given this page has been tagged for four years as looking like a term paper. The material I removed was well sourced and on the whole well written and is here in case people want to revert/discuss. BobFromBrockley (talk) 18:16, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To add[edit]

Things that would be good to add to this article: the African Blood Brotherhood, African-American involvement in the CPUSA (including Claudia Jones), African-American Trotskyists, CLR James in the US, the Johnson-Forest Tendency and News and Letters, socialist involvement in the Civil Rights Movement (including Bayard Rustin), the socialist development of the late work of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, socialist influences in the Black Power movement (especially the Black Panther Party), the Combahee River Collective, James Boggs, Cedric Robinson, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition, Cornel West, Black Socialists in America. BobFromBrockley (talk) 12:39, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There needs to be a better effort to elucidate the idiosyncracies of African American Socialism and being able to properly define the difference between African American traditions of socialism and communism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngill13 (talk • contribs) 02:05, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]