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Jan, 19091909National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New York, USA
The NAACP is the oldest and most widely-recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. It formed in 1909 in response to the 'continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield' (Illinois), and set as its principle objectives 'to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice'.
Jan, 19191919First Pan-African Congress Paris, France
The first Pan-African Congress is organized to coincide with the Paris Peace Conference that ends the First World War and is intended to influence the political agenda of the peace talks by presenting resolutions to the newly formed League of Nations.
Jan, 19231923Third Pan-African Congress London, UK; Lisbon, Portugal
The third Pan-African Congress was held in November and December 1923, and resulted in the issuing of similar resolutions to the first two conferences, including 'the development of Africa for Africans and not merely for the profit of Europeans', the importance of self-rule and the need to end lynching in the US, among others issues.