The 1st National Black Political Convention

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The 1st National Black Political Convention
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WHO?

• 8 thousand African Americans
• 3 thousand of the 8 thousand were official
  delegates
• Republicans Democrats Nationalists
  Socialists Independents

• The Steering Committee
• Richard G. Hatcher
• Mayor of Gary In.
• Charles C. Diggs
• U.S. Representative
• Imamu Baraka
• also known as poet
• LeRoi Jones

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WHO ? ( Continued)

• Carl Stokes Louis Stokes
• Yvonne Braithwaite Jesse Jackson
• Walter E. Fauntroy Ronald V. Dellums
• Richard Roundtree Bobby Seale
• Louis Farrakhan Vincent Harding
• Patricia Patterson Kim Weston
• Barbara Jordan Julian Bond

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Its Nation Time!
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WHAT?

• The 1st National Black Political Convention
• More commonly known as.
• The Gary Convention
• The convention was a culmination of a series of
  meetings

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WHEN?

• The series of meetings were held mostly in 1971
• The first planning session for the convention was
  held on January 30th,1972
• The 1st National Black Political Convention was
  held March 10th through 12th of 1972

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WHERE?

• Westside High School
• Gary, Indiana

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WHY?

• African American communities were faced with a
  severe economic and social crisis
• The development of a unified political strategy
  for African Americans from 1972 and beyond was
  needed
• Nothing short of fundamental change in the
  political and economic system could help

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HOW?

• A convenor was picked for every participating
  state
• Delegates were selected from statewide political
  caucuses
• All blacks holding elective office in a state
  automatically qualified as state delegates

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THE AGENDA

• Home rule for the District of Columbia
• Establishment of the national network of
  community health centers
• Establishment of system of national health
  insurance
• Elimination of capital punishment
• Creation of a new urban-based Homestead Act

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THE AGENDA ( Continued)

• Government guarantee of minimum annual income of
  5200 for a family of four
• Minimum wage guarantee of 2.50
• Establishment of a black United Fund
• Effective enforcement of anti-trust legislation

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Home rule for the District of Columbia was
  approved on December 24th, 1973
• NACHC National Association of Community Health
  Centers was established in 1971 and got great
  publicity after convention
• National Health Care coverage is now spread more
  liberally

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS( Continued)

• The elimination of Capital Punishment is still
  being discussed to this day
• The new Urban- based Homestead Act was repealed
  in 1976
• Minimum wage was granted at 2.50/hr. and is at a
  soaring 5.15-5.25 today!
• Many Black United Funds have been established
  since then. Example UNCF

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS ( Continued)

• The National Black Political Convention was held
  in 1974, 1976, and in 1980
• The Black Issue Convention began in Richmond,
  Virginia, and New Orleans
• National Black Family Plan formed from
  deliberations from The National Black Leadership
  Roundtable in 1980
• The Million Man and Family March
• The National Hip Hop Convention

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The Gary Declaration

• The American system does not work for the
  masses of our people, and it cannot be made to
  work without radical, fundamental change

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Thank you all so much for listening!

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