Colored National Labor Union (1869)

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:activity advocated for labor reforms
organized conventions
petitioned Congress
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:National_Labor_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1872
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
1869
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colored National Labor Union (1869)
gptkbp:membership African American workers
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
Isaac Myers
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:National_Labor_Union
gptkbp:purpose advocate for African American labor rights
gptkbp:significance first national African American labor organization in the United States
gptkbp:successor African American labor organizations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colored_Conventions_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7