# Canonical recap data for First Pan-African Congress Convenes (1900)
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title: First Pan-African Congress Convenes
subtitle: London's inaugural Pan-African Congress united Black intellectuals and activists across continents to challenge colonial rule and demand rights.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1900-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1900
decade: 1900
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The First Pan-African Conference was held in London, England, from 23 to 25 July 1900. Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams, the conference took place in Westminster Town Hall and was attended by 37 delegates and about 10 other participants and observers from Africa, the West Indies
summaryLong: The First Pan-African Conference was held in London, England, from 23 to 25 July 1900. Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams, the conference took place in Westminster Town Hall and was attended by 37 delegates and about 10 other participants and observers from Africa, the West Indies, the US and the UK, including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, John Alcindor, Benito Sylvain, Dadabhai Naoroji, John Archer, Henry Francis Downing, Anna H. Jones, Anna Julia Cooper, and W. E. B. Du Bois, with Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church taking the chair.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Invitation_to_Pan-African_Conference_at_Westminster_Town_Hall_July_1900.png/1280px-Invitation_to_Pan-African_Conference_at_Westminster_Town_Hall_July_1900.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "First Pan-African Conference"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Pan-African_Conference"
  title: First Pan-African Conference
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
- protest
metaDescription: The First Pan-African Conference was held in London, England, from 23 to 25 July 1900. Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams
wikidataQid: Q1869133
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-05-27
  label: First Pan-African Conference
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Pan-African_Conference"
