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In 1991 at the African-American Banquet Tonya and David Harvey of Baltimore, Maryland were singing the Black National Anthem when they decided a flag was needed to symbolize the meaning of the Anthem. The purpose of the flag would be a symbol of the past, present, and future of the African-American life in the United States of America. Their vision for the flag was to continually enrich and inspire the lives and image of African-Americans forever. They believed that the African-American Flag would promote and represent positive and non-political principles that would assist African-Americans, and all Americans, to change their mindsets from the negative images that permeate the African-American communities to those positive images that would activate a renewed sense of purpose. That purpose would be realized in flying the flag on HBCU campuses, African-American churches, African-American businesses, and African-American homes throughout the country.
The colors of the flag are red, white, blue, black, green, purple and gold, each with it's own meaning.
The theme of the central black star is "Black Stars Can Shine Too". The eight points of the star reflect African-Americans':
The African-American Flag™ is a patented and registered trademark of Daton, Inc. Inspiration and information for this webpage is courtesy of the National Black Catholic Congress and Daton, Inc.
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