Pan-African Congress 1945

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pan-African_Congress_1945
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:date 15 October 1945
gptkbp:endDate 21 October 1945
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Sixth_Pan-African_Congress
gptkbp:hasTheme economic justice
racial equality
self-determination
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pan-African Congress 1945
gptkbp:location gptkb:Manchester,_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Jomo_Kenyatta
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Amy_Ashwood_Garvey
gptkb:Peter_Abrahams
gptkb:George_Padmore
Kwame Nkrumah
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Fifth_Pan-African_Congress
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Pan-African_Federation
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
over 200 delegates
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Fourth_Pan-African_Congress
gptkbp:purpose advance civil rights for people of African descent
promote decolonization of Africa and the Caribbean
gptkbp:result inspired anti-colonial movements
adopted resolutions demanding independence
gptkbp:significance catalyst for African independence movements
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pan-African_Federation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7