Recent Favorite: Colored Conventions (1830)

We’re re-running some favorite recent episodes this week, and will be back with brand new episodes very soon!

It’s December 4th. Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the Colored Conventions movement, which provided and intellectual and political space for Black leaders in the years before, during, and after the Civil War.

Check out the Colored Conventions database at coloredconventions.org

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