The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century

The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN-10
1469654261
ISBN-13
9781469654263
Category
History
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2021-03-22
Publisher
John Hope Franklin African
Authors
Jim Casey, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Sarah Lynn Patterson

Description

"This volume of essays is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement, the nineteenth century's longest campaign for Black civil rights. Well before the founding of the NAACP and other twentieth-century pillars of the civil rights movement, tens of thousands of Black leaders organized state and national conventions across North America. Over seven decades, they advocated for social justice and against slavery, protesting state-sanctioned and mob violence while demanding voting, legal, labor, and educational rights. Collectively, these essays highlight the vital role of the Colored Conventions in the lives of thousands of early organizers, including many of the most famous writers, ministers, politicians, and entrepreneurs in the long history of Black activism"--

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