Date | 26–29 July 1911 |
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Duration | Four days |
Venue | University of London |
Location | UK |
Theme | Anti-racism |
Organised by | Gustav Spiller |
Participants | 2,100 |
The First Universal Races Congress met in 1911 for four days at the University of London as an early effort at anti-racism. Speakers from a number of countries discussed race relations and how to improve them.[1] The congress, with 2,100 attendees, was organised by prominent humanists of that era; it was conceived of a result of comments in 1906 by Felix Adler and primarily executed by Gustav Spiller, a leader in the British Ethical Union (now Humanists UK). Philip Stanhope was president of the congress, and William Pember Reeves chaired its executive committee.[2]