Paul Ortiz writes, “Emancipatory internationalism had been born in the first stormy years of the republic when African Americans and their allies recognized
that slavery, racial capitalism, and imperialism were fatally intertwined.”
Discuss the concept of emancipatory internationalism and analyze how this distinct vision arising out of the Black Radical Tradition manifested and
deepened during 1) the Age of Revolution, 2) the period of continental imperialism (i.e. “Manifest Destiny) and expansion of slavery, and 3) that of Radical
Reconstruction.
For each period, be sure to draw upon specific historical examples from our class materials (both readings and films) to illustrate your argument.