
The Colored Conventions Movement
Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 22. March 2021
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-1-4696-5425-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume of essays is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement, the nineteenth century's longest campaign for Black civil rights. Well before the founding of the NAACP and other twentieth-century pillars of the civil rights movement, tens of thousands of Black leaders organized state and national conventions across North America. Over seven decades, they advocated for social justice and against slavery, protesting state-sanctioned and mob violence while demanding voting, legal, labor, and educational rights. While Black-led activism in this era is often overshadowed by the attention paid to the abolition movement, this collection centers Black activist networks, influence, and institution building. Collectively, these essays highlight the vital role of the Colored Conventions in the lives of thousands of early organizers, including many of the most famous writers, ministers, politicians, and entrepreneurs in the long history of Black activism.
Contributors: Erica L. Ball, Kabria Baumgartner, Daina Ramey Berry, Joan L. Bryant, Jim Casey, Benjamin Fagan, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Eric Gardner, Andre E. Johnson, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Sarah Lynn Patterson, Carla L. Peterson, Jean Pfaelzer, Selena R. Sanderfer, Derrick R. Spires, Jermaine Thibodeaux, Psyche Williams-Forson, and Jewon Woo.
Contributors: Erica L. Ball, Kabria Baumgartner, Daina Ramey Berry, Joan L. Bryant, Jim Casey, Benjamin Fagan, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Eric Gardner, Andre E. Johnson, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Sarah Lynn Patterson, Carla L. Peterson, Jean Pfaelzer, Selena R. Sanderfer, Derrick R. Spires, Jermaine Thibodeaux, Psyche Williams-Forson, and Jewon Woo.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
Illustrations
17 halftones, 3 tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
820 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-5425-6 (9781469654256)
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P. Gabrielle Foreman | Jim Casey | Sarah Lynn Patterson
The Colored Conventions Movement
Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century
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The University of North Carolina Press
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Persons
P. Gabrielle Foreman is the Paterno Chair of Liberal Arts and professor of English, African American studies, and History at the Pennsylvania State University.
Jim Casey is assistant professor of African American studies, history, and English at the Pennsylvania State University.
Sarah Lynn Patterson is assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Jim Casey is assistant professor of African American studies, history, and English at the Pennsylvania State University.
Sarah Lynn Patterson is assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.