Roughly a thousand delegates convene in Newark for the National Conference on Black Power, weeks after the city's uprising.
At a Glance
- Date
- 20 July 1967
- Location
- Newark, New Jersey
- Category
- Organizations & Institutions
- Source
- Conference records (1967) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
It marked the movement's turn toward Black political and economic self-determination.
What It Means Now
The conference helped define the Black Power era.
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