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THE AMERICAN NEGRO LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON AFRICA AND ITS ARDEN HOUSE CONFERENCE: POLITICIZING AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AFRICA.

Author: Meriwether, James H.
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Date 1/1/97
Type Journal
Journal Title: Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
Volume/Pages 21(2)p.39-63
Publisher
Subject Matter African American
Population
Pedagogies
Abstract Describes the 1962 founding at Columbia University of the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa (ANLCA) and traces the organization s origins in the work of a number of advocacy groups dedicated toAfrican issues throughout the 1940 s and 1950 s. The author also describes the ANLCA s pursuit of policy initiatives in 1962 and 1963, its ties to major civil rights groups, and the internal conflicts and leadershipproblems that led to the organization s demise by 1968.
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