African American history has revolved around the struggle to overcome negative social forces, whether slavery or post-slavery. Throughout American history, laws and folk customs have been developed. These laws forced African Americans to seek other alternatives that would allow them to consider their potential by seeking opportunities for economic, intellectual, and self-reliance. Black nationalism was a call for black power. It brought independence to society and emphasized collective action by African Americans based on a shared heritage and common concerns. He was the most ardent defender of racial identity in African-American history when it involved options for integration and black radicalism. Nationalism can be defined as the nation as an “imagined” political community. The idea of ​​nation exists in the imagination before existing in political structures. There is in people's minds a feeling of belonging to a nation with political boundaries, sovereignty and community. Black nationalism is seen as the effort of African Americans to create a sovereign nation-state and formulate an ideological basis for a concept of national culture. Ideas attached to it include inherited tribal ties, occupied lands, and cultural norms. Different elements summarize the concept of black nationalism. They are as follows: • Racism is race as a biological essence possessing specific traits. • The expression's shared experience speaks specifically to the African American experience with the transatlantic slave trade, lynching, Jim Crow, and all other events leading up to the struggles of black Americans. • Aim for self-determination believes you can control your own destiny...... middle of paper ...... "What a Black Man Wants", Douglass argued for suffrage for blacks, as well as equality rather than generosity. . His speech empowered many people, including Abraham Lincoln, to whom he served as an advisor. Integration called for the right of African Americans to be full citizens of the United States of America. The most surprising new critics of integration are found in traditional civil rights groups like the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Although the organizations still support integration, their dissident members are dissatisfied with the results produced by government policies. They note that even though the African American middle class is expanding, nearly 26 percent of all African Americans still live below the poverty line. Radical behavior often changed the political and social landscape for African Americans. Black radicalism