Official Record of Proceedings of ... Convention of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias
Author: Knights of Pythias. Supreme Lodge
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 464
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Author: Knights of Pythias. Supreme Lodge
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marilyn T. Peebles
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2012-08-16
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 0761858156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Knights of Pythias fraternal organization was founded in 1865 by an Act of Congress. When African American men were denied membership, they created their own organization in Vicksburg, MS, in 1880. Its founder, Thomas Stringer, believed that fraternal organizations could provide the black community with business networks, economic safety nets, and political experience at a time when Jim Crow laws were being constructed all around them. In Birmingham, Alabama, these Pythians became the cornerstone of an African American business community that included the first black-owned and operated bank in the state. They provided burial, life, and disability insurance for members and became a source of civic pride and racial solidarity. When their right to exist was challenged, they took the case to the Supreme Court in 1912 and won. This strategy would be used decades later in Brown v. Board of Education.
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 1504
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 1302
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 1322
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 712
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 660
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 1314
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 1014
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana.
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 1934
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