National Afro-American Council
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The National Afro-American Council was the first nationwide civil rights organization in the United States, created in 1898 in Rochester, New York. Before its dissolution a decade later, the Council provided both the first national arena for discussion of critical issues for African Americans and a training ground for some of the nation's most famous civil rights leaders in the 1910s, 1920s, and beyond.
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Formation | 1898 |
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Dissolved | 1907 |
Type | Non-profit organization |
Purpose | African-American civil rights |
Presidents | Alexander Walters (1898–1902, 1905–07) Timothy Thomas Fortune (1902–04) William A. Pledger (1903 acting) William Henry Steward (1904–05) |
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