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The '''Crispus Attucks Club''', also known as the '''Crispus Attucks Association''', is an African American community organization. The group was named for ], who was the first person killed at the ] that preceded the American Revolutionary War.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |title=Crispus Attucks: A Legacy of Radical Black Dignity |url=https://greenwichhistory.org/crispus-attucks-a-legacy-of-radical-black-dignity/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Greenwich Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref>
The '''Crispus Attucks Club''' was an organization of African Americans. It was established in 1890 and named for ]. Chapters were eatablished in Harrisburg and New York City.<ref>https://digitalharrisburg.com/african-american-womens-organizations-in-harrisburg/</ref>


The group adopted a constitution at a meeting in Boston presided over by ] in 1890. Chapters were established in Harrisburg, New York City;<ref name="ha">{{Cite web|url=https://digitalharrisburg.com/african-american-womens-organizations-in-harrisburg/|title=African-American Women’s Organizations in Harrisburg|date=March 18, 2021}}</ref> ] (1941);<ref name=":0" /> and Joliet, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://academic.oup.com/book/25830/chapter-abstract/193472788?redirectedFrom=fulltext|title=First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory|first=Mitch|last=Kachun|editor-first=Mitch|editor-last=Kachun|date=September 21, 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=0|via=Silverchair}}</ref>

The group held commemorations of Attucks on March 5. The annual dinner in 1894 was held at the Quincy House hotel in ].

A newspaper described it as a "leading colored organization of the state."<ref name=inf>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiwpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=%22crispus+attucks+club%22+1890&source=bl&ots=3ekqYM_-c0&sig=ACfU3U1VE6vZL8oPXNahd02cHzyL0P7_4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQjYP84pmHAxUkTDABHWFIDS44ChDoAXoECAIQAg|title=First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory|first=Mitch|last=Kachun|date=June 20, 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Members==
*]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18900329-01.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Pilot, Volume 53, Number 13 — 29 March 1890 — Boston College Newspapers|website=newspapers.bc.edu}}</ref>
*], New York City chapter founder in 1931<ref name=ha/>
*], member of Harrisburg chapter<ref name=ha/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalharrisburg.com/dorothy-m-curtis/|title=Dorothy M. Curtis|date=October 9, 2020}}</ref>
*Alfreda Davis of the Davis Sisters, served as president? Was this a chapter or a similarly named club of women musicians??? <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXeZCgAAQBAJ&dq=alfreda+davis&pg=PT111|title=Only a Look: A Historical Look at the Career of Mrs. Roberta Martin and the Roberta Martin Gospel Singers of Chicago, Illinois|first=Ronald L.|last=Greer|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=WestBow Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baystatebanner.com/2013/01/30/james-r-hamm-news-dealer-local-leader/|title=James R. Hamm: News dealer, local leader – The Bay State Banner|website=www.baystatebanner.com}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*"New Bedford formation of Crispus Attucks club" November 15, 1887 ''Weekly New Era'' Norton, Kansas page 2
==References== ==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:25, 10 January 2025

The Crispus Attucks Club, also known as the Crispus Attucks Association, is an African American community organization. The group was named for Crispus Attucks, who was the first person killed at the Boston Massacre that preceded the American Revolutionary War.

The group adopted a constitution at a meeting in Boston presided over by Edward Everett Brown in 1890. Chapters were established in Harrisburg, New York City; Greenwich, Connecticut (1941); and Joliet, Illinois.

The group held commemorations of Attucks on March 5. The annual dinner in 1894 was held at the Quincy House hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A newspaper described it as a "leading colored organization of the state."

Members

Further reading

  • "New Bedford formation of Crispus Attucks club" November 15, 1887 Weekly New Era Norton, Kansas page 2

References

  1. ^ "Crispus Attucks: A Legacy of Radical Black Dignity". Greenwich Historical Society. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  2. ^ "African-American Women's Organizations in Harrisburg". March 18, 2021.
  3. Kachun, Mitch (September 21, 2017). Kachun, Mitch (ed.). First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory. Oxford University Press. p. 0 – via Silverchair.
  4. Kachun, Mitch (June 20, 2017). "First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
  5. "Pilot, Volume 53, Number 13 — 29 March 1890 — Boston College Newspapers". newspapers.bc.edu.
  6. "Dorothy M. Curtis". October 9, 2020.
  7. Greer, Ronald L. (September 17, 2015). "Only a Look: A Historical Look at the Career of Mrs. Roberta Martin and the Roberta Martin Gospel Singers of Chicago, Illinois". WestBow Press – via Google Books.
  8. "James R. Hamm: News dealer, local leader – The Bay State Banner". www.baystatebanner.com.