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RBG FLAG was first designed and used by Marcus Garvey and members of the United Negro Improvement Association UNIA in 1920

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 RBG FLAG was first designed and used by Marcus Garvey and members of the United Negro Improvement Association UNIA in 1920

The RBG FLAG was first designed and used by Marcus Garvey and members of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1920.

A racist 1900 song called "Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon" was one of the hottest songs of the time among white supremacist, and was responsible for establishing the term "coon" in reference to Black men, women and children in the United States. This song so infuriated Marcus Garvey, that he commissioned the RBG Flag as the standard of Pan-Africanism.

"Show me the race or the nation without a flag, and I will show you a race of people without any pride. Aye! In song and mimicry they have said, Every race has a flag but the coon. How true! Aye! But that was said of us four years ago. They can't say it now!" -Marcus Garvey

Since the flag first came into existence, numerous African nations have adopted the colors as a symbol of their sovereignty.

Red represents the blood that has been shed.
Black represents our common identity and culture.
Green represents the land that must be redeemed and reclaimed for us, the original people of the world.