National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (NBC)

CTL-E-0490 · Organization · other · 1895–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The NBC held its annual session in Chicago, September 7–12, 1943, using the U.S. Armory, Olivet Baptist, Pilgrim Baptist, and Monumental Baptist as venues.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-196; source research type(s): Denomination. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._H._Boyd
https://www.si.edu/object/form-letter-national-baptist-convention-chicago%3Anmaahc_2017.14.9 (primary source)

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