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Colored Conventions

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Political meetings held by African Americans beginning in the 1830s across the United States and Canada that foregrounded shared heritage and housed debates about identity and self-identification.

AP course connection

Topic 2.10: 2.10 Black Pride, Identity, and the Question of Naming

Unit 2

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