Ron Daniels decided to run for president in 1992 after his experience as national director of the Rainbow Coalition during Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign.
“Despite their unfulfilled promise, the Gary convention — its debates and written program — and the later formation of NBIPP remain important events to study and learn from.”
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…
PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS ENDORSES 2022 NATIONAL BLACK POLITICAL CONVENTION The People’s Organization For Progress announced today that it has endorsed the 2022 National Black Political Convention that will be held this spring in New Jersey. The convention was announced last week at a press conference by Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, Mayor Antar Lumumba of[.]