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The Universal Negro Improvement Association's first international convention, which Garvey called the First International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World, opened in Liberty Hall, New York, on August 1, 1920. Approximately two thousand delegates from 22 countries were present.

The 1920 Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association | American Experience | Official Site | PBS