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Delegates at the National Convention of Colored Men in Syracuse, NY founded the National Equal Rights Leagues and attempted to form state-level Equal Rights League chapters across the United States. In response to a denial of African American admittance to the National Labor Union, community leaders formed the Colored National Labor Union (CNLU ...
It became the first National Negro Convention, held on September 15 [9] to 24 [10] of 1830, at the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia. [11] The agenda of the convention included general discussion on the advisability of mass emigration by African Americans away from the United States, the possible locations that they could move to, and ...
A schism from the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. forms the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. [citation needed] 1916. January – Carter Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History begins publishing the Journal of Negro History, the first academic journal devoted to the study of African-American history.
The 1830 convention at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia was led by Bishop Richard Allen, the founder of the National Negro Convention. [4] [5] It was held on September 15, 1830, and lasted ten-days. [6]
The National Convention of Colored Citizens was held August 15–19, 1843 at the Park Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, New York. Similar to previous colored conventions, the convention of 1843 was an assembly for African American citizens to discuss the organized efforts of the anti-slavery movement. The convention included individuals and ...
The National Negro Convention, a black abolitionist and civil rights organization, is founded. [98] 1831: Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing The Liberator, a greatly influential publication. About this time, abolitionism takes a radical and religious turn. Many abolitionists begin to demand immediate emancipation of slaves. [99]
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"The National Negro Convention", 1848 [7] Some Reform Interests of the Negro During the 1850s as Reflected in State Conventions, Phlyon v. 21/ 2 1960 [8] [9] "The American Moral Reform Society, 1836-1841", The Journal of Negro Education; Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Negro Conventions, 1830-1864, 1969