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"No Sir, It's St. Henry for Me!" : A Black History of St. Henri
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"No Sir, It's St. Henry for Me!" : A Black History of St. Henri
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A history of Montreal's the small Black community in the western section of St. Henri, from the early twentieth century, where most of its male population were employed as porters for either Canadian National or Canadian Pacific railroads. The author explains that there were other businesses run by and for St. Henri's Black community, including barber shops, a private men's club, and a newspaper. One significant institution in this part of Montreal was the Union United Church, established in 1907, that not only ministered to the Black community of St. Henri, but also to the Blacks of St. Antoine, St. Cunégonde, and Little Burgundy. The Union United Church's basement was also the home, for almost three decades between 1927 and 1954, of the Negro Community Association (later the Negro Community Centre or NCC).
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Quebec Heritage News
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Vol. 19
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no. 1
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Winter 2025
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9-13
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en
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Williams, Dorothy W. “‘No Sir, It’s St. Henry for Me!’ : A Black History of St. Henri.” Quebec Heritage News, Winter 2025.
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