2009 National Black Power Conference Agenda Released

Historic Conference, First in over 35 Years, Targets Organizational Unity and Addresses Current Problems.

(BlackNews.com) May 14, 2009 – For the first time in 35 years a National Black Power Conference in being held. Momentum is building rapidly as national lecturers, leaders, activists, organizations and Blacks from across the country descend on the luxurious Black-owned Crown Plaza hotel in Marietta, Georgia-just minutes from the Atlanta Airport and Downtown Atlanta. According to National Black Power Conference convener Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party, "The Black Power Conference is already a must attend because of the diversity, history, brilliance and tenacity of the leaders, teachers artists and organizers scheduled to gather and present this Friday through Sunday, May 22nd through the 24th. The Black Power Conference". This is a long overdue coming together of Black Muslims, Black Panthers, SCLC, Black Nationalists, Pan Africanists, Human and Civil Rights Activists from all over the Black nation".

The Black Power Conference was first convened in Washington (1966), Newark (1967) and Philadelphia (1968). Variations were held thru the 1970's. Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichal), Imam Jamil al Amin (H. Rap Brown) Adam Clayton Powell, Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) Maulana Karanga (US) were all key figures. Now in 2009, the Black Power Movement, a broad based umbrella movement initiated by Attorney Shabazz and the New Black Panthers seeks to address current ills and hot issues in the Black Community by inviting and uniting over 50 Black Organizations and leaders to this powerful weekend summit.

Dr. Leonard Jeffries- City University New York and conference co-convener states, "We must have a clear analysis and definition of Black Power. As we see the rise of the Obama's and the world eye focused on Black Peoples here in America, we must understand that power in the White House alone will not free us. We must have a plan, and this conference is a key piece in the puzzle to develop the structure to carry out such plan. This conference is historic. Not in 35 years have such a diverse group of nationalist national activists and gathered under a common theme and purpose.

What: 2009 National Black Power Conference - www.blackpowermovement.org

When: Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24, 2009
(Malcolm X Birthday Weekend ) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Where: Crown Plaza Hotel, Marietta Georgia
1775 Parkway Place Marietta Georgia
www.crownplaza.com/atlanta-marietta
Rooms at $79.00 per night and lower
(Just minutes from Airport and Downtown Atlanta)

Conference contacts:

Phone: (202) 397-4577 and (404) 424- 3560
Email: blackpowerconference@gmail.com
Websites: www.blackpowermovement.org, www.newblackpanther.com

VENDING: Please email blackpowerconference@gmail.com or call contact #
TICKETS: www.blackpowermovement.org
SPONSORS: Black Power Movement, New Black Panther Party, Black Lawyers for Justice

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