The
Republic of New Afrika, was a
social movement that proposed three objectives. First, the creation of an independent
African-American-majority country situated in the
southeastern United States. A similar claim is made for all the black-majority counties and cities throughout the
United States. Second, the payment of several billion dollars in
reparations from the
US government for the damages inflicted on Africans and their descendants by
chattel enslavement,
Jim Crow segregation, and persistent modern-day forms of
racism. Third, a
referendum of all African Americans in order to decide what should be done with regard to their citizenship. Regarding the latter, it was claimed that African Americans were not given a choice in this matter after emancipation. The vision for this country was first promulgated on March 31, 1968, at a Black Government Conference held in
Detroit,
Michigan. Its proponents lay claim to five Southern states:; and the black-majority counties adjacent to this area in
Arkansas,
Texas,
North Carolina,
Tennessee and
Florida.