Florida Memorial College - Arch Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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THE FLAG OF BLACK PEOPLE THE HISTORY OF THE RED, BLACK AND GREEN FLAG DATES BACK TO 1054 AD. IN ANCIENT GHANA, WHICH IS IN WEST AFRICA. THE COLORS OF THE FLAG ARE THE OLDEST COLORS IN THE WORLD. THE BLACK REPRESENTS BLACK PEOPLE, THE RED REPRESENTS THE BLOOD SHED IN DEFENSE OF OUR LAND, AFRICA AND THE GREEN REP- RESENTS OUR GREAT AFRICAN MOTH- ERLAND, THE LAND FROM WHICH ALL BLACK PEOPLE CAME. BLACK NATIONALIST, MARCUS GAR- VEY, INTRODUCED THE FLAG INTO THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1920s. HE EMBLAZONED THE WORDS, ONE GOD, ONE AIM, ONE DESTINY . TODAY, BLACK PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE AC- CEPTING THIS FLAG AS THEIR FLAG, AS THE FLAG OF BLACK PEOPLE . THIS FLAG IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. IN AN EFFORT TO UNITE ALL BLACK PEOPLE UNDER ONE SYMBOL OF PRIDE AND DIGNITY, THE BLACK, RED AND GREEN FLAG IS INTERPRETED AS ONE PEOPLE, ONE AIM, ONE DESTINY . THIS FLAG InNb E COLOR ARRANGE- MENT OR ANOTHER HAS FLOWN OVER THE LIVES OF BLACK PEOPLE FOR OVER 900 YEARS. KEEP IT FLYING FOR ETERNITY.

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