Henry Sylvester Williams

20th Century

Caribbean and American intellectuals—including W.E.B. Du Bois—hold the first Pan-African Conference in London, demanding rights for people of African descent…

• 1900 CE

  Pan-African movement begins

  Caribbean and American intellectuals—including W.E.B. Du Bois—hold the first Pan-African Conference in London, demanding rights for people of African descent worldwide. The movement plants intellectual seeds for African independence decades later.