Congress of Afrikan People

The Congress of Afrikan people (CAP) was a Black nationalist and Maoist organization in the United States from 1970 to 1980.

CAP's activities illustrate the fluidity and changing nature of black radicalism in this period.

[1] In 1974, CAP became the Revolutionary Communist League (Marxist-Leninist-Mao Tse-tung Thought), led by Amiri Baraka.

[1] In 1980, the RCL merged into the League of Revolutionary Struggle (Marxist-Leninist).

[1] When this group split, some former CAP members joined the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

The founding 1970 Congress meeting had about 3,000 attendees. [ 1 ]