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The Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal (CWCM)
The Coloured Women's Club of Montreal (CWCM) was established in 1902 by seven African-Canadian women whose husbands worked on the railways as sleeping car porters, and was modelled after the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC). This…
Article on Massachusetts Artists at the Centennial Exhibition in The Boston Globe
This article situates Bannister among the prominent Massachusetts artists who exhibited in 1876. It captures how his work circulated within regional artistic networks, leading to national fame.
African Methodist Episcopal Church Logo
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church quickly spread throughout the United States, into Canada, and later, into Africa. In 1856, many of the Canadian congregations broke off from the American branch of the AME because of the Fugitive Slave…
