The first Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, convened at the Grand Hotel in Paris. It brought together 57 delegates from 16 countries and colonies, including 16 from the United States and 14 from Africa. The Congress aimed to address the rights and freedoms of people of African descent worldwide in the wake of World War I. Blaise Diagne of Senegal was elected president, and W.E.B. Du Bois served as secretary.
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