#TheDailyRecord February 5, 2016

In this October 1909 edition of The AME Church Review, Mr. W.C. Bolivar shows documents the history of the convention movement where free and fugitive Blacks came to together in state, national and religious conventions to strategize about racial uplift. Read "Early Conventions and Their Influence on Promoting Social Efficiency among Negroes" on pg. 159 https://archive.org/details/amechurchreviewo00keal 

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