Goals of Pan africanism

Based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social and political progress and aims to "unify and uplift" people of African descent. At its core, Pan-Africanism is a belief that "African people, both on the continent and in the diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny".

the end of the gilded age coincided with the panic of 1893, a deep depression, which lasted until 1897 and marked a major political realignment in the election of 1896. this productive but divisive era was followed by the progressive era.