[1] However, their first mission predates the organizing congress, having been publicly endorsed and published by a number of high-profile black scholars and activists on 16 March 1998.

[2] On 17 April 1999, the BRC ratified a "freedom agenda" listing 15 objectives dealing with racial and economic justice in the United States.

[4]The complete mission statement [1] discusses approaches to radical democratic methods involving conferences, forums and publications.

[8] The BRC has local chapters in Washington, D.C.; the San Francisco Bay Area; Sacramento, California; Minneapolis; St. Louis; New York City; Raleigh, North Carolina; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

[9] The BRC states: "Black is not necessarily a color or hue, but encompasses all peoples of African descent.