Marcus Garvey organized the first international racial conference in NYC.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
Marcus Garvey, a black nationalist, who was born in Jamaica, was the founder of the Pan-Africanism movement, which aimed to bring together and connect all persons of African heritage.
What was the International racial conference?
- The 1920 Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association known as the First International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World by Garvey, was opened in Liberty Hall, New York, on August 1, 1920.
- There were about 2000 delegates, representing 22 nations.
- Regular sessions of the conference took place throughout the month.
- On August 31, 1920, they came to an end with ceremonies and celebrations.
- The Declaration of Rights of the Negro People of the World, one of the first and most thorough declarations of human rights ever written, was adopted at the convention.
- The convention floor was dominated by Garvey. He organized his own election as "Provisional President of Africa," as well as the elections of his hand-picked U.N.I.A. officers.
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