From Slave Labor to skilled Industrial Labor

For purposes of the supplying the labor force necessary to sustain a lucrative cotton industry in the Americas, Africans were captured and sold to European and American slave traders.  Those that came to North America and particular the United States came as slaves.  Black American slaves worked the American cotton fields and created the type of wealth that made America a great nation. Since that time, there has been civil war and the emancipation.  Then with the Civil Rights movement came HBCU’s to educate and civilize the former Black Slaves. By 1900, A small number of Black Americans had become educated enough to speak out about going back to Africa. The early 1900s was significant by instilling black pride and self love with the likes of Marcus Garvey, Noble Drew Ali and the Black Church. By 1930, American segregation was ripe for the coming of a man from Mecca, Arabia described as Master Fard Muhammad. He would later teach, train and leave behind a Black Man from Georgia, named Elijah Muhammad to lead the Nation of Islam organization.

The effect of the Black nationalism movement of the early 1900s let more blacks going to colleges, more black employed in manufacturing, process fabrication, pharmaceutical and energy producing corporations. At the same time on the political front, black graduates have become senators, mayors and have helped the passing of legislation to benefit further training of urban minorities. Fast Forward to current times, A large amount of Black Americans have either been exposed to some college or graduated to learn skills relevant to having a nation for themselves. In every sector of manufacturing and industrialization, black Americans have become masterful. All things considered from 1600 to 2024 is 426 years that Black Americans have been in a land or country that is not their own which is appalling when you think about it for too long. Longer then that if we go back to year 1555 when the earliest black slaves begin to arrive.  No wonder that IAAW was formed to assemble a skilled workforce to return to Africa.