1873 National Civil Rights Convention

February 2025 thumb|The National Equal Rights Convention, which met Dec. 9th, 1873, Washington, D.C. The National Civil Rights Convention of 1873 was held in Washington, D.C. W. Ogilvie photographed the convention which began December 9.https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004671620/ The National Equal Rights Convention, which met Dec. 9th, 1873, Washington, D.C. W. Ogilvie May 29, 1873 www.loc.gov It was covered by the New York Times.https://www.nytimes.com/1873/12/14/archives/the-national-civil-rights-convention.html The National Civil Rights Convention. The New York Times December 14, 1873 History The Colored Conventions Movement included a long series of national conventions held by free "people of color" going back decades before the American Civil War. Conventions were held in Philadelphia, New York City, Buffalo, Rochester (New York), Syracuse, Cleveland and (after the war) Washington D.C., St. Louis, New Orleans, and Cincinnati.https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/national-conventions National Conventions · Colored Conventions Project Digital Records omeka.coloredconventions.org George T. Downing chaired the 1873 convention and A. M. Green was secretary. A memorial publication of the event was published.https://books.google.com/books?id=wxhFAAAAYAAJ Memorial of the National Convention of Colored Persons Praying to be Protected in Their Civil Rights: National Civil-Rights Convention, Washington, D.C., December, 1873 May 29, 1873 Google Bookshttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008407164 Memorial of the national convention of colored persons praying to be protected in their civil rights: National Civil-Rights Convention, Washington, D.C., December, 1873. 43rd Congress, 1st Session, Senate; mis. Doc. No. 21 May 29, 1873 [s.n.] HathiTrust Conventioneers were welcomed by Charles Sumner, supported by members of the Republican party and President Ulysses Grant.https://books.google.com/books?id=cdJ7DwAAQBAJ&q=1873+National+Civil+Rights+Convention&pg=PA57 Welcoming Ruin: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 Alan Friedlander Richard Allan Gerber November 22, 2018 BRILL 9789004384071 Google Books William Nesbit called the meeting to order. Attendees included John Mercer Langston, P. B. S. Pinchback, Stuart Ellison, Robert Harlan, Daniel Straker, John Hyman, Frederick Douglass, and all seven African American congressmen. President Grant received attendees at the White House's Blue Room. See also Civil Rights Act of 1875 References External links Colored Conventions Project National Civil Rights Convention Category:Colored Conventions National Civil Rights Convention Category:African-American events National Civil Rights Convention Category:19th-century political conferences National Civil Rights Convention