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The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century
By P. Gabrielle Foreman & others
- ISBN
- 9781469654263
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Starred Review on February 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
From the 1830s through the 1890s, Black leaders in the United States convened in regional and national meetings. At the start, they opposed slavery and colonization, but their agenda expanded to local and universal human and civil rights goals. Records of their proceedings have offered a treasure trove of the thinking and organizing behind what became known as the Colored Conventions Movement. Founding director of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP) Foreman ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
