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Host: The University of the West Indies
Homepage: http://www.crosswinds.net/~uwiconference/index.html
Organizers: Prof. Bourne, Compton
Description:
The conference is intended to commemorate the
centennial anniversary of the first pan-African
conference, which was coordinated by Henry Sylvester
Williams.
The historic 1900 conference was organized and spearheaded by Henry Sylvester Williams, A Trinidadian and a lawyer. The 1900 conference appealed to persons from Canada, United States, Africa, England and the Caribbean. These delegates represented a wide cross-section of society-professionals, academics and the working class.
During the 20th century the impact of the 1900 conference was evident in the liberation struggles of Africa, decolonisation, the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power and Rastafarianism.
Date received: November 30, 2000
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