Independent Politics and the Legacy of the Gary Convention Fifty Years On : vimarsana.com

National Black Political Convention in 1972 represented a culmination of struggles from the 1950s and 1960s African American History Month Series No. 5 From March 10-12, 1972, an estimated 7,000-10,000 African Americans gathered in Gary, Indiana for the National Black Political Convention (NBPC). The confab was covered extensively in the…

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