96th anniversary of the start of the 1st Pan-African Congress, Paris, France, 19 February 1919

(Working session of the congress with WEB Du Bois in the middle of the picture)

The February 1919 Pan-African Congress in Paris, convened by WEB Du Bois and Ida Gibbs Hunt, is the first of five high-profile international congresses after World War I (1914-1918) that demands the restoration of African independence from the European World conquest and occupation in continental Africa/the Caribbean/Americas and enhanced cooperation among African peoples globally

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