EVENT INFORMATION

15
October
1945

Fifth Pan-African Congress opens in Manchester

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๐Ÿ“… 15 October 1945 ๐Ÿ“ United Kingdom

The Manchester congress brought trade unionists, students, and political organizers into a program demanding African self-government and an end to colonial exploitation. Women organizers and delegates from the Caribbean and Africa shaped the movement, although later accounts often marginalized their contributions.

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People in this event

W. E. B. Du Bois

Kwame Nkrumah

Jomo Kenyatta

Amy Ashwood Garvey

Amy Jacques Garvey

Organizations in this Event

Pan-African Congress

West African Students Union