George Wells Parker

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George Wells Parker (September 18, 1882 - 1931) was an African American political activist who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World.

"Teach a child or nation that it springs from an inferior race and that is can never hope to overcome that inferiority, and you have made an obedient servant and a community of slaves."

He attended Creighton University in Omaha and became an ardent follower of Marcus Garvey. In 1916 he started helping African Americans resettle in Omaha and by 1917 he helped found the Hamitic League of the World, who in 1918 published his pamphlet Children of the Sun which highlighted the African presence in classical Egyptian, Asian and European civilizations.

[edit] See also

• Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska
• Timeline of Racial Tension in Omaha, Nebraska