<P> The Pan-African flag -- also known as the UNIA flag , Afro - American flag , Black Liberation Flag and various other names -- is a tri-color flag consisting of three equal horizontal bands of ( from top down ) red , black and green . The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League ( UNIA - ACL ) formally adopted it on August 13 , 1920 in Article 39 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World , during its month - long convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City . Variations of the flag can and have been used in various countries and territories in Africa and the Americas to represent Pan-Africanist ideologies . Several Pan-African organizations and movements have often employed the emblematic tri-color scheme in various contexts . </P>
<P> The Pan-African flag -- also known as the UNIA flag , Afro - American flag , Black Liberation Flag and various other names -- is a tri-color flag consisting of three equal horizontal bands of ( from top down ) red , black and green . The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League ( UNIA - ACL ) formally adopted it on August 13 , 1920 in Article 39 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World , during its month - long convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City . Variations of the flag can and have been used in various countries and territories in Africa and the Americas to represent Pan-Africanist ideologies . Several Pan-African organizations and movements have often employed the emblematic tri-color scheme in various contexts . </P>
what is the red green and black flag
what is the red green and black flag
The Pan-African flag -- also known as the UNIA flag , Afro - American flag , Black Liberation Flag
The Pan-African flag -- also known as the UNIA flag , Afro - American flag , Black Liberation Flag