Imari Obadele (born Richard Bullock Henry) (May 2, 1930 – January 18, 2010)[1] was a Black nationalist, advocate for reparations, and president of the Republic of New Afrika.
Richard Henry was born in Philadelphia, and as a young man founded a civil rights organization there with his brother Milton.
Imari Obadele acknowledged he was a graduate of Yale University during the tv program, Firing Line, hosted by William F. Buckley, in episode 126, dated, November 18, 1968.
Obadele and ten others (the "RNA 11") were arrested and charged in the wake of a joint police / FBI raid on the house in 1971.
In 1987, Obadele and Chokwe Lumumba[7] formed the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA), an organization dedicated to seeking financial compensation for the descendants of former slaves in the United States.