California State Convention of Colored Citizens

California State Convention of Colored Citizens
DateNovember 20, 1855 – December 31, 1902 (1855-11-20 – 1902-12-31)
LocationVarious cities, California, U.S.
Site of the first CSCC, Saint Andrews A.M.E. Church (c. 1926), Sacramento
Site of the first CSCC, Saint Andrews A.M.E. Church (c. 1926), Sacramento

The California State Convention of Colored Citizens (CSCCC) was a series of colored convention events active from 1855 to 1902.[1][2][3] The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states across the United States.[4][5]

  1. ^ Herron, Paul E. (April 2022). ""This Crisis of Our History": The Colored Conventions Movement and the Temporal Construction of Southern Politics". Studies in American Political Development. 36 (1): 21–40. doi:10.1017/S0898588X21000122. ISSN 0898-588X. S2CID 246985506.
  2. ^ "Afro-Americans to Meet". San Francisco Chronicle. 1902-08-08. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. ^ Lapp, Rudolph M. (1977-01-01). Blacks in Gold Rush California. Yale University Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-300-06545-9.
  4. ^ "State Conventions". Colored Conventions Project, University of Delaware.
  5. ^ Ruffin II, Herbert G. (February 4, 2009). "The Conventions of Colored Citizens of the State of California (1855-1865)". BlackPast.