The Colored Conventions Movement : Black Organizing In The Nineteenth Century / edited by P. Gabrielle Foreman, Jim Casey, and Sarah Lynn Patterson.

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Book
Language
English
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  • Chapel Hill : The University Of North Carolina Press, [2021]
  • ©2021
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  • John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture [More in this series]
  • The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other title(s)
  • Black organizing in the nineteenth century
  • Black organizing in the 19th century
ISBN
  • 146965427X ((electronic book))
  • 1469654288 ((electronic book))
  • 9781469654270 ((electronic book))
  • 9781469654287 ((electronic book))
LCCN
2020038655
OCLC
1242092057
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