December 12th Movement
The December 12th Movement, is a Black human rights organization based in New York City.
We have organized political actions leading toward local and national mass mobilizations on racism, self-determination, reparations, quality health care, housing, criminal justice, and education. Our signature, dynamic street rallies and marches and forums have included the NYC “Days of Outrage,” the annual Malcolm X ‘Shut Em Down’ marches in Harlem on May 19, the Million Youth March in partnership with the late Dr. Khalid Muhammad, the first Millions for Reparations rally in Washington DC.
December 12th Movement International Secretariat, a non governmental organization (NGO) with consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council, has participated in the Commission on Human Rights since 1989, representing 40 million Africans in the United States. The Secretariat has established firm ties and alliances with nations and international organizations around the world. Our consistent and persistent work has resulted in the pivotal hearings on racism and summary executions in the United States.
Further, the Secretariat was instrumental in the call for the third United Nations World Conference Against Racism [WCAR] 2001 in Durban South African, and led the largest U.S. delegation in history dubbed the ‘Durban 400.’ The WCAR final declaration stated “the trans-Atlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity” and called for reparations.
What We Believe
- We believe in freedom and self-determination for Black people to determine their own destiny
- We believe that housing, healthcare, education, living wages, justice and culture are not privileges but human rights
- We believe that Capitalism was the basis for Black enslavement and the fundamental source of White wealth whereby Black people are owed reparations from the U.S. government
- We believe in Pan-African unity with our people on the African continent and the Diaspora
- We believe in international solidarity and cooperation with all people and governments fighting imperialism and colonialism
- We believe in our right to an independent foreign policy which is based on real friends and real enemies
- We believe in Black people’s right to a plebiscite (National vote) to determine the relationship we want with America
December 12th Movement
456 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216