National Council of Colored People Is Founded
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Slavery, Slaves, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Abolition movement, Abolitionists
- Curriculum: African American History, American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: New York
- Date: July 6, 1853
Article abstract: One of the first groups concerned with the advancement of African Americans and the cause of abolition.
Summary of Event
On Wednesday, July 6, 1853, more than one hundred delegates from around the country assembled in Rochester, New York, for a three-day convention to form the National Council of Colored People. This organization was an outgrowth of a larger movement, the Negro Convention Movement, which had begun almost twenty-three years earlier.
Philadelphia had been the host of the first meeting for the Negro Convention...
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