African Americans in South Carolina held a Colored People’s Convention at Zion Presbyterian Church in Charleston to demand equal rights, universal suffrage, and the repeal of the Black Codes. The convention brought together formerly enslaved people and free Black leaders determined to shape a new future in the aftermath of the Civil War. Their resolutions called for access to education, fair labor rights, and full participation in civil society.
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