Forty-nine years ago, Black Americans across every spectrum gathered at West Side High School in Gary to hash out an independent Black political agenda. The late Gary mayor Richard G. Hatcher ...

The National Black Political Convention was the largest Black political meeting in U.S. history. Despite their differences, participants were united in frustration with the parties whose national ...

The early 1970s saw a collective outrage in the Black community following years of discrimination and the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. It led to a historic gathering of ...

In March of 1972, around 10,000 Black Americans gathered in Gary, Indiana for the National Black Political Convention. Amidst turbulent times, they produced the Gary Declaration, a call for a renewed ...

Who said political conventions are boring? Well, OK, most of you. But recent history is full of wonderful and embarrassing colorful moments from inside the convntion hall. Here are some of my ...

The 1972 Republican National Convention, the last time the RNC was held in the state of Florida, concluded 40 years ago today. The Convention, which saw the nomination of incumbent President Richard ...

In March 1972, the vast gymnasium of West Side High in Gary, Indiana, swelled floor-to-rafters with an energized crowd 10,000 strong. Here were the vast ideological views of Black America, convened ...