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Revolutionary Peoples' Const. Convention

The Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention took place at Temple University’s McGonigle Hall in September 1970. The convention drew between seven and fourteen thousand participants, and was attended by a variety of organizations from the Black Power Movement, Asian American Movement, Chicano Movement, American Indian Movement, Anti-war movement, Women's Liberation, and Gay Liberation movements. Speakers included Huey Newton. Activists gathered to draft a new constitution and attend workshops at the event, which the Black Panther Party declared successful. However, many attendees, primarily women, felt differently and critiqued the masculinity and misogyny apparent in many of the activities. Still, the convention was one of the largest gatherings of radical activists in United States history.  

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Huey's Message to the Plenary Session

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Message to America

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