1952 Progressive National Convention

The 1952 Progressive National Convention was held in July 4–6 1952 at the Ashland Auditorium in Chicago, Illinois. The party ratified the 1952 presidential nominees and party platform of the Progressive Party, a short-lived minor American political party that had been founded in 1948.

The convention ratified the party's selection of Vincent Hallinan and Charlotta Bass to be its presidential and vice presidential nominees. Bass (an African American woman) became the first woman of color to be nominated for vice president. Hallinan was unable to attend the convention due to serving jail time for contempt of court. A presidential nomination acceptance speech was read on his behalf by his wife, Vivian. Bass attended the convention and delivered a vice presidential nomination acceptance speech. W. E. B. Du Bois, the convention's temporary chairman, delivered the convention's keynote speech.

Hallinan and Bass received 140,000 votes in the general election, which amounted to 0.2% of the popular vote. This was far less than the 1,157,326 (2% of the popular vote) that the party had received the in the 1948 election.