National Negro Convention movement

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African American political organization abolitionist movement political movement

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
African American civil rights movement (early foundations)	1
National Negro Convention movement canonical	1

Statements (110)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American political organization ⓘ abolitionist movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1864 ⓘ
ethnicFocus	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Black education ⓘ Black political organizing ⓘ abolitionism ⓘ civil rights ⓘ community development ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	Colored Conventions NERFINISHED ⓘ First National Negro Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ National Convention of Colored Citizens of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipant	Alexander Crummell NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles B. Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles H. Langston NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Lenox Remond NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward M. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Frances Ellen Watkins Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Douglass NERFINISHED ⓘ George B. Vashon NERFINISHED ⓘ George T. Downing NERFINISHED ⓘ George W. LeVere NERFINISHED ⓘ Harriet Tubman NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Bibb NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Highland Garnet NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry M. Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiram Revels NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Shadd NERFINISHED ⓘ James Forten NERFINISHED ⓘ James McCune Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ James W. C. Pennington NERFINISHED ⓘ Jermain Wesley Loguen NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Russwurm NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mercer Langston NERFINISHED ⓘ John P. Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ John S. Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Woodson NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin R. Delany NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Ann Shadd Cary NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Bibb NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavius V. Catto NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Purvis NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Cornish NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Ringgold Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Sojourner Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ William C. Nell NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cooper Nell NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Day NERFINISHED ⓘ William Howard Day NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Watkins Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ William Still NERFINISHED ⓘ William Wells Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ William Whipper NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	20th-century Black political conventions ⓘ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED ⓘ National Urban League NERFINISHED ⓘ Niagara Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ later African American civil rights organizations ⓘ
influencedBy	American abolitionist movement ⓘ Black church networks ⓘ Underground Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfFirstEvent	Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Baptist churches in the United States ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent	First National Negro Convention in 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1831 in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1832 in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1833 in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1834 in New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1835 in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1837 in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1840 in Albany NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1843 in Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1847 in Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1848 in Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1853 in Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1855 in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1858 in Chatham, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ National Negro Convention of 1864 in Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1830 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Highland Garnet → participantIn → National Negro Convention movement ⓘ

Louisa Ayers Church → movement → National Negro Convention movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American civil rights movement (early foundations)