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Read the following excerpt from the address "To the Nations of the World," drafted by W.E.B. Du Bois at the First Pan-African Conference in London in 1900:

"In the metropolis of the modern world, in this closing year of the nineteenth century, there has been assembled a congress of men and women of African blood, to deliberate solemnly upon the present situation and outlook of the darker races of mankind... Let not color or race be a feature of distinction between brothers."

Based on this excerpt and your knowledge of historical movements, which of the following describes a key ideological difference between the Pan-Africanism represented by this conference and the Garveyism that emerged in the 1910s and 1920s?

  1. A
    The Pan-Africanism of the 1900 conference was a populist grassroots movement that demanded immediate physical repatriation to Africa, while Garveyism relied on elite diplomatic networks to petition European governments for reform.
  2. The Pan-Africanism of the 1900 conference emphasized securing civil rights and legal protections for people of African descent within their respective nations, while Garveyism championed global racial separatism and Black self-determination through economic independence and repatriation.Answer
  3. C
    The 1900 conference aimed to merge all diverse African ethnic groups and pre-colonial kingdoms into a single standardized culture, while Garveyism focused solely on preserving local West African traditional cosmologies.
  4. D
    The Pan-Africanism of the 1900 conference rejected the concept of racial solidarity in favor of class-based internationalism, while Garveyism focused entirely on forming political coalitions with white segregationist organizations to gain US citizenship.

Answer

The correct option is the one stating that the Pan-Africanism of the 1900 conference emphasized securing civil rights and legal protections for people of African descent within their respective nations, while Garveyism championed global racial separatism and Black self-determination through economic independence and repatriation.
The correct option is correct because the 1900 Pan-African Conference sought to challenge European imperialism and domestic racism by lobbying governments and appealing for civil rights within existing empires and nations. In contrast, Marcus Garvey's movement (Garveyism) mobilized the Black working class around racial pride, economic self-determination, and the establishment of a separate global Black empire, advocating for repatriation rather than reform within white-dominated states.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the goals of the 1900 Pan-African Conference from the excerpt.
The excerpt shows a gathering of global representatives seeking to address the situation of the "darker races" through appeal and cooperation within the modern international structure.
This establishes that mainstream Pan-Africanism sought civil rights, reform, and integration within existing societies.
2
Contrast these goals with the core tenets of Marcus Garvey's movement (Garveyism).
Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) advocated for Black nationalism, complete economic self-reliance (such as the Black Star Line), and a "Back to Africa" migration, rejecting assimilation.
This highlights the structural and philosophical divergence between the two movements.

Key Concept

Distinction between elite-led Pan-Africanism and populist Garveyism
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