UNIA Brass Band
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Title
UNIA Brass Band
Description
Reproduction of a newspaper article about the UNIA band on Laurier Street in Whitney Pier. Members are marching the street with instruments and banners in support of a movement advocating "Africa for the Africans."
The UNIA was prominent among Black Caribbeans in the area. Steelworkers being put to do the most dangerous jobs at DISCO with little pay and other community members dealing with racial discrimination towards their businesses. The hardships of getting work, keeping work, and getting treated well may have been why so many Caribbean workers were keen on Marcus Garvey's UNIA. The UNIA in Sydney brought Black people in the Whitney Pier community together, this photo being just 3 years after the UNIA hall opened in Sydney in 1919.
The UNIA was prominent among Black Caribbeans in the area. Steelworkers being put to do the most dangerous jobs at DISCO with little pay and other community members dealing with racial discrimination towards their businesses. The hardships of getting work, keeping work, and getting treated well may have been why so many Caribbean workers were keen on Marcus Garvey's UNIA. The UNIA in Sydney brought Black people in the Whitney Pier community together, this photo being just 3 years after the UNIA hall opened in Sydney in 1919.
Creator
unknown
Source
https://beatoninstitute.com/united-negro-improvement-association
Publisher
Beaton Insitiute Archives
Date
1921
Rights
Beaton Institute
Type
Digital copy of photograph
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
25.5cm x 20.5cm
Files
Citation
unknown , “UNIA Brass Band,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed January 21, 2026, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/40.