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The Crispus Attucks Club was an organization of African Americans. The group adopted a constitution at a meeting in Boston presided over by Edward Everett Brown in 1890. The group was named for Crispus Attucks. Chapters were eatablished in Harrisburg, New York City,[1] and Joliet, Illinois.[2]
The group held commemorations of Attucks on March 5. The annual dinner in 1894 was held at the Quincy House hotel. A newspaper paper described it as a "leading colored organization of the state."[3]
Members
- Edward Everett Brown[4]
- George Bowles (New York ?, New York City chapter founder in 1931[1]
- Dorothy Margarete Curtis, member of Harrisburg chapter[1][5]
- Alfreda Davis of the Davis Sisters, served as president? Was this a chapter or a sinilarly bamed club of women musicians??? [6]
- James R. Hamm[7]
Further reading
- "New Bedford formation of Crispus Attucks club" November 15, 1887 Weekly New Era
Norton, Kansas page 2
References
- ^ a b c https://digitalharrisburg.com/african-american-womens-organizations-in-harrisburg/
- ^ https://academic.oup.com/book/25830/chapter-abstract/193472788?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=tiwpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq="crispus+attucks+club"+1890&source=bl&ots=3ekqYM_-c0&sig=ACfU3U1VE6vZL8oPXNahd02cHzyL0P7_4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQjYP84pmHAxUkTDABHWFIDS44ChDoAXoECAIQAg
- ^ https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18900329-01.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
- ^ https://digitalharrisburg.com/dorothy-m-curtis/
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=QXeZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT111&dq=alfreda+davis&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2vub25pmHAxWdTTABHZyhDtEQ6AF6BAgLEAI
- ^ https://www.baystatebanner.com/2013/01/30/james-r-hamm-news-dealer-local-leader/