Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity
- Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity
The Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity, or BANTU, was a youth activism group focused on black power and nationalism in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1960s.
It was reportedly an arm of the Black Panthers Party. Efforts by some to start a chapter at Tech High School were unsuccessful. [United States Government Printing Office. (1971) "United States Congressional Serial Set". p. 84.] According to extensive U.S. government surveillance records, Robert Griffo, a member of the Black Panthers, was appointed minister of student affairs at Tech. [United States Congress. (1970) "Black Panther Party: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session." House Committee on Internal Security. p. 4887.] [United States Congress. (1970) "Black Panther Party, Hearings. p. 4448.] BANTU was credited with leading the protests that led to three days of rioting in June, 1969, after an Omaha police officer fatally shot teenager Vivian Strong in the Logan Fontenelle Public Housing Projects. [(n.d.) [http://www.thereader.com/art.php?subaction=showfull&id=1161277926&archive=&start_from=&ucat=11& Distilled in Black and White] "Omaha Reader".]
BANTU was also the target of a COINTELPRO investigation by the FBI. [" [http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/101095_FBIBlackExtrOrgsPt1COINTELPRO.pdf A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Federal Bureau of Investigation Surveillance Files - FBI Files on Black Extremist Organizations] ." Retrieved 12/20/07.]
References
Bibliography
* Howard, A. M. (2006, Sep) "The Omaha Black Panther Party and BANTU: Exploitation or a Relationship of Mutual Convenience Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, NA, Atlanta, GA
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