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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, and Joliet, Illinois.

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."


Members

Further reading

  • "New Bedford formation of Crispus Attucks club" November 15, 1887 Weekly New Era

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References

  1. ^ https://digitalharrisburg.com/african-american-womens-organizations-in-harrisburg/
  2. https://academic.oup.com/book/25830/chapter-abstract/193472788?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  3. 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
  4. https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18900329-01.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
  5. https://digitalharrisburg.com/dorothy-m-curtis/
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=QXeZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT111&dq=alfreda+davis&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2vub25pmHAxWdTTABHZyhDtEQ6AF6BAgLEAI
  7. https://www.baystatebanner.com/2013/01/30/james-r-hamm-news-dealer-local-leader/