Black also represents the ignorance – the void – from which we must emerge before we are able to lead and enlighten the rest of the world. The color of the soils of the Nile valley.īlack represents melanin – the chemical that gives color to the Original people.īlack compels us to remember that we Black men and women are all unified as members of one family.īlack represents the uniformity of our intentions. Red represents the passion and the aggression born within every Black man and woman, the life forces that must be tapped to release the collective energy that we will need to achieve our divine purpose on this planet.īlack represents the color of the infinite, the mysterious, the unified, the definitive. Red compels us to remember Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, and Troy Davis alongside Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, and Denmark Vesey. Red represents the blood of our martyrs, the 100 Million men and women who have shed their blood and given their lives for the cause of liberty, unification, and redemption. Red was chosen because it is the color of aggression, momentum, and – most importantly – blood. The three colors of the flag were chosen to represent the blood, the soil, and the prosperity of Africa and its people. Why The Colors Of The RBG Flag Were Chosen
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We are working towards a Pan-African state built on laws, representation, and values that truly represent who we re. Nor are we working to be better citizens in countries that do not represent our beliefs or values. It reminds us that we are not fighting to assimilate into other nations. The RBG flag reminds us as Pan-Africans of what we are working towards and fighting for: sovereignty. They understood the power that having a visual representation of Black nationalism could have. But they also understood the power that flags have when they represent a collective identity. When the RBG flag was created, our ancestors understood the fact that a “United States of Africa” did not yet exist. But how can a flag represent a nation that doesn’t exist? It was – and is – meant to represent a nation. This sacred day is both the day that Marcus Garvey was born, and the day that finalized the RBG flag as the banner of our movement.
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So that we never forget what the RBG flag means to us, we celebrate Universal African Flag on August 17th of every year. Not only has the flag been adopted by nations, it has been used to represent the thousands of Black organizations that carry on the struggle for a nation of our own.