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1921 – Pan-African Congress in Belgium Concludes

The Second Pan-African Congress, led by W.E.B. Du Bois and other leaders, concluded in Brussels, Belgium, around May 5, 1921. This conference was critical in advocating for the rights of colonized Africans worldwide. Delegates from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas demanded political rights, an end to colonial rule, and equitable labor conditions. Although ignored by imperial powers at the time, it laid important groundwork for the decolonization movements that would erupt later.

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