John Clay Coleman
Rev. John Clay (J.C.) Coleman was an American-Canadian minister, theologian, and black rights activist born to freed slaves in Durant, Holmes Co., Mississippi in 1876.[1] He travelled to Canada seeking Christian ordination, and was ordained by the African Methodist-Episcopal Church in 1895.[2] Coleman was accepted as the "first coloured student" at Victoria University, Toronto, ON,[1] where he was a member of the 1897-98 Specialist Class of Theology.[3] Shortly thereafter, he published a book titled The Jim Crow Car: Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race, describing the racial atrocities of the American South.[4]
John Clay "J.C." Coleman | |
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 Coleman in 1897, Victoria University Archives | |
| Born | February 1, 1876 Durant, Holmes Co., Mississippi |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | Victoria University |
References
- Coleman, Rev. J.C. (1898). The Jim Crow Car: Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race. Toronto: Grindl Press. ISBN 9798590100583.
- Hopkins, John Castell (1898). Canada: an Encyclopædia of the Country: History of Presbyterianism. Miscellaneous religious annals. Universitites and higher education systems. Art, music and sculpture. Militia and military history since 1837. Linscott Publishing Company.
- "Specialist Class 1897-1898 Victoria University". Specialist Class 1897-1898 Victoria University | Digital Collections | Victoria University Library & Archives. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- Coleman, J. C. (John Clay). The Jim Crow car; or, Denouncement of injustice meted out to the black race, Supreme court decision by His Lordship Bishop H.M. Turner largely quoted and elucidated, clippings from Miss Ida B. Wells Barnett's "The reason why", grave state of affairs in the Southern states, incidents on railroads, public conveyances, employment, etc.
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