The BLM-supported virtual "Black National Convention" was largely uncovered by >>> the Mainstream Media <<< which instead focused on the "March on Washington" event staged by Al Sharpton that featured the families of people who were in some questionable police involved killings and shootings
The BLM-supported "Black National Convention" was significant because it announced that >>> regardless of who wins in November, a coalition of hard left black radical groups like BLM, promised continuing confrontation <<< --- >>> Starting with the first hundred days of the next administration <<<
The BLM-supported "Black National Convention" was coordinated with yesterday's "March on Washington" event staged by Al Sharpton to the extent: the online convention did not begin until all of the Washington ceremonies and speakers had concluded --- there were references to the virtual convention at the Washington event --- and there was an overlap of certain speakers for both
Last night, Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists and other leftist radicals held the first "Black National Convention" in about half a century. This online virtual event aimed to “reach and engage four million Black voters across the US, build infrastructure of Black political engagement that transcends the 2020 election season, and create and ratify a policy platform for the first 100 days of the next administration....”
It was reported that tens of thousands participated in the virtual 2020 Black National Convention (BNC) hosted by the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a coalition that included dozens of radical organizations such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) (See "Black National Convention Ratifies Platform Seeking Black Liberation – ‘America Does Not Value Black Lives’ " by Joshua Klein, 8/28/20, Breitbart News/ Trending [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/28/black-national-convention-ratifies-platform-seeking-black-liberation/]).
The nearly four-hour-long event, was livestreamed on the website BlackNovember.org; and it was directed by award-winning writer and filmmaker Dream Hampton; “I have long thought there was great storytelling to do in the world of Black activism.... The real stars have always been these organizers who get things done.” Hampton told the AP. The Black Convention's online hosts included activist and TV actress Angelica Ross, Phillip Agnew and Kayla Reed, who were veterans of the Trayvon Martin protests and Ferguson Uprising, respectively. The speakers included Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network; Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement; Raquel Willis, a writer and transgender rights activist; and Eddie Glaude, chairman of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. The Black National Convention had originally been planned to take place at an in-person gathering in Detroit, the nation’s Blackest major city. However, since the coronavirus pandemic exploded in March, organizers shifted it all into being a virtual event. Friday’s "convention"was described as the largest gathering of Black activists and artists, albeit virtual, since the historic 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana (See "Black National Convention puts spotlight on police brutality" by Aaron Morrison, 8/28/2020, AP news Feed/ Yesterday [https://apnews.com/fd3c1e92f9dcf7de4c6ff74ca7c41592]).
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