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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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1843 National Negro Convention in Buffalo → partOf → National Negro Convention Movement ⓘ
linked to: National Negro Convention movement