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National Black United Front (
NBUF) is an African-American organization formed in the late 1970s in
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, New York. Its headquarters are in
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It has been described as
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, Left-leaning, somewhat Black nationalist and to work in the tradition of the
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and
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. The organization had its 30th annual convention on July 16 to 19, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.
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