National Negro Convention movement

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The National Negro Convention movement was a series of 19th-century gatherings of African American leaders and activists organized to coordinate strategies for abolition, civil rights, and Black community advancement in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American political organization
abolitionist movement
political movement
country United States
endTime 1864
ethnicFocus African Americans
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork Black education
Black political organizing
abolitionism
civil rights
community development
hasLanguage English
hasPart Colored Conventions
First National Negro Convention
National Convention of Colored Citizens of the United States
hasParticipant Alexander Crummell
Charles B. Ray
Charles H. Langston
Charles Lenox Remond
Edward M. Davis NERFINISHED
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Frederick Douglass
George B. Vashon
George T. Downing NERFINISHED
George W. LeVere NERFINISHED
Harriet Tubman
Henry Bibb
Henry Highland Garnet
Henry M. Turner
Hiram Revels
Isaac Shadd
James Forten
James McCune Smith
James W. C. Pennington
Jermain Wesley Loguen
John B. Russwurm
John Mercer Langston
John P. Parker
John S. Rock
Lewis Woodson
Martin R. Delany
linked to: Martin Delany

Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Mary Bibb
Octavius V. Catto
Richard Allen
Robert Purvis
Samuel Cornish
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Sojourner Truth
Stephen Myers
William C. Nell
William Cooper Nell
William H. Day NERFINISHED
William Howard Day NERFINISHED
William J. Watkins Sr.
William Lambert
William Still
William Wells Brown
William Whipper
influenced 20th-century Black political conventions
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
linked to: NAACP

National Urban League
Niagara Movement
later African American civil rights organizations
influencedBy American abolitionist movement
Black church networks
Underground Railroad
locationOfFirstEvent Philadelphia
movementGoal abolition of slavery in the United States
advocacy for desegregation of public facilities
advocacy for equal protection under the law
advocacy for land ownership by African Americans
coordination of Black political strategies
coordination of Underground Railroad activities
coordination with white abolitionists while maintaining Black autonomy
development of Black political conventions at state and local levels
development of national Black leadership
improvement of social and economic conditions for African Americans
opposition to discriminatory Black laws
organization of mutual aid for Black communities
planning for post-emancipation rights and citizenship
promotion of Black education
promotion of Black-owned businesses
promotion of moral reform in Black communities
promotion of temperance among African Americans
protection of civil rights for African Americans
resistance to colonization schemes
support for African American press and publications
support for Black enlistment in the Union Army during the Civil War
support for Black suffrage
support for emigration to Canada and other countries by some delegates
religiousContext African Methodist Episcopal Church
Baptist churches in the United States
Protestantism
significantEvent First National Negro Convention in 1830
National Negro Convention of 1831 in Philadelphia
National Negro Convention of 1832 in Philadelphia
National Negro Convention of 1833 in Philadelphia
National Negro Convention of 1834 in New York City
National Negro Convention of 1835 in Philadelphia
National Negro Convention of 1837 in Philadelphia
National Negro Convention of 1840 in Albany
National Negro Convention of 1843 in Buffalo
National Negro Convention of 1847 in Troy
National Negro Convention of 1848 in Cleveland
National Negro Convention of 1853 in Rochester
National Negro Convention of 1855 in Philadelphia
National Negro Convention of 1858 in Chatham, Ontario
National Negro Convention of 1864 in Syracuse
startTime 1830

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Henry Highland Garnet participantIn National Negro Convention movement
Louisa Ayers Church movement African American civil rights movement (early foundations)
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
William Hooper Councill movement African-American civil rights movement (1865–1896)
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
Monroe Anderson Majors partOf African-American civil rights movement (1865–1896)
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
John Robert Clifford partOf African-American civil rights movement (1896–1954)
subject linked to: John
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
Henry Highland Garnet participantIn National Negro Convention movement
subject linked to: Garnet
Address to the Slaves of the United States of America associatedWithEvent National Negro Convention
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement hasPart Colored Conventions
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement hasPart National Convention of Colored Citizens of the United States
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement significantEvent First National Negro Convention in 1830
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement significantEvent National Negro Convention of 1831 in Philadelphia
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement significantEvent National Negro Convention of 1834 in New York City
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement significantEvent National Negro Convention of 1847 in Troy
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
National Negro Convention movement significantEvent National Negro Convention of 1848 in Cleveland
linked to: National Negro Convention movement
1843 National Negro Convention in Buffalo partOf National Negro Convention Movement
linked to: National Negro Convention movement