
This late 1920s photo provided by the Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives shows the Montana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Convention at an unknown location in Montana. The third woman from the right in the front row is Belle McDonald. Belle and her sisters Mollie and Melissa founded a Bozeman, Mont., chapter of the Montana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and quietly worked to advance the standing of Black people in Montana. (Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena, Mont., via AP)
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