Let's take a closer look. As a colonized People in America there has never been any defining lines of direction being that this was something that was learned on an individual basis instead of the whole. Therefor as a People there was no true cookie-cutter way of success and liberation. At one point in time We were one class of People versus our White counterparts that had multiple classes of People.
This is where the trend of labeling People of Your kind as Brother or Sister. At this moment in time in America We had the camaraderie due to similar circumstances in the face of a strange White America that We tried to identify with. This is where Our Community was formed.
In the days of segregation there were several plans that had to be established in order to become a functional community. For instance the Community was unprotected which is really what drawn Us as a People together being that there had to be alliances formed...We were just confused on who to form those alliances with like We as a whole still are today.