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Today in labor history: First national meeting of African Americans

by: Special to PeoplesWorld.org
on August 20 2013

tags: African Americans, racism, emigration, abolitionism, political action

On August 20, 1830 the National Negro Convention held its first meeting in Philadelphia. The event was chaired and led by Bishop Richard Allen.

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