Pan-African Congress 1945 and related celebratory events 1982-1995
Kath Locke1945-1995
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The collection holds material in relation to the Pan-African Congress held in Manchester in 1945, and the celebratory/commemoration conferences held in Manchester in 1995. The collection includes leaflets, invites, photographs, press releases, letters and programme of events etc.
Title:
Pan-African Congress 1945 and related celebratory events 1982-1995
Creator:
Date of work:
1945-1995
Reference number:
GB3228.34
Level of description:
Collection
Custodial history:
This collection consists of papers and material collected by the radical black activist, Kath Locke
Source:
Donor name: Kath Locke
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted24 hours notice is required to view this collection. Material will then be accessible through Manchester Central Library Search Room, Manchester Central Library, St. Peters Square, Manchester, M2 5PD. Any enquiries relating to this collection please contact: rrarchive@manchester.ac.uk
Use restrictions:
Restricted
General notes:
The Pan-African Congress was a series of meetings, held throughout the world. The Pan-African Congress was successful in bringing attention to the decolonization in Africa and in the West Indies. The Congress gained the reputation as a peace maker and made significant advance for the Pan-African cause. One of the demands was to end colonial rule and end racial discrimination, against imperialism and it demanded human rights and equality of economic opportunity. The manifesto given by the Pan-African Congress included the political and economic demands of the Congress for a new world context of international cooperation.The Fifth Pan-African Congress was held in Manchester, United Kingdom, 15–21 October 1945. It followed the foundation of the Pan-African Federation in Manchester in 1944.This Congress is widely considered to have been the most important. Organised by the influential Trinidadian pan-Africanist George Padmore and Ghanaian independence leader Kwame Nkrumah, it was attended by 90 delegates, 26 from Africa. They included many scholars, intellectuals and political activists who would later go on to become influential leaders in various African independence movements and the American civil rights movement, including the Kenyan independence leader Jomo Kenyatta, American activist and academic W. E. B. Du Bois, Malawi's Hastings Banda, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, prominent Jamaican barrister Dudley Thompson and Obafemi Awolowo and Jaja Wachuku from Nigeria. It also led partially to the creation of the Pan-African Federation, founded in 1946 by Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta.Attendees included 33 delegates from the West Indies and 35 from various British organizations, including the West African Students Union. Also attending was 77-year-old W. E. B. Du Bois who had organized the First Pan-African Congress in 1919.In 1985, 40 years after the Congress in Manchester a plaque was unveiled on Chorlton Town Hall commemorating the Congress.In 1995 several celebratory/commemorative conferences were held in Manchester over the weekend of the 13-15 Oct 1995.
Related material note:
Related Material held at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre:GB3228.27 Pan African Congress Interviews, 50 years onGB3228.92 Research papers of Marika SherwoodRef: MAN/GE.1/OKO For transcript of video interview with Kath Locke by Paul Okojie
Language:
English
Record number:
8929908
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