fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory: Carlos A. Cooks (1913-1966) was a Dominican-born, Harlem-based Black nationalist and founder of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement. A veteran of the Second World War and an ardent Black nationalist since his early twenties, Cooks is notable for promoting the “Buy Black” campaign of economic self-reliance and advocating the wearing of natural hair styles. He founded the now-defunct Street Speaker, Buy Black Journal and The Black Challenge publications in Harlem and was famous in the area as a skilled street speaker and one of the most radical Garveyites of his time. As a young man, he had worked with Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) following Garvey’s deportation from the United States. The New York Times published Cooks’ obituary after his death in the summer of 1966.

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Carlos A. Cooks (1913-1966) was a Dominican-born, Harlem-based Black nationalist and founder of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement. A veteran of the Second World War and an ardent Black nationalist since his early twenties, Cooks is notable for promoting the “Buy Black” campaign of economic self-reliance and advocating the wearing of natural hair styles. He founded the now-defunct Street Speaker, Buy Black Journal and The Black Challenge publications in Harlem and was famous in the area as a skilled street speaker and one of the most radical Garveyites of his time. As a young man, he had worked with Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) following Garvey’s deportation from the United States. The New York Times published Cooks’ obituary after his death in the summer of 1966.