The Black Hebrew Israelite movement claims that African Americans are descendants of the Ancient Israelites and has slowly become a significant force in African American religion. This Element ...

The African Hebrew Israelites are one of a constellation of Black religious groups in the U.S. that emerged ... André Brooks-Key, an African and African American studies professor at Claflin ...

claiming Black Americans are the true chosen people of God. The movement also created its own interpretations of the Bible: Black Hebrew Israelites believe that Jesus is not white, for example ...

Hebrew Israelites and a number of other black-oriented religious groups are firmly committed to the proposition that Negroes — not to be confused with Africans — are the people of the book.