Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
Title | Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn T. Peebles |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | African American fraternal organizations |
ISBN | 9786613886712 |
The Knights of Pythias fraternal organization was founded in 1865. African American men were denied membership and created their own organization in 1880. In Birmingham, Alabama, these Pythians became the cornerstone of an African American business community as well as a source of civic pride and racial solidarity.
The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
Title | The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn T. Peebles |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 71 |
Release | 2012-08-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0761858156 |
The 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.
Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, of the State of Alabama
Title | Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, of the State of Alabama PDF eBook |
Author | Knights of Pythias. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Alabama |
Publisher | |
Pages | 89 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | African Americans |
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Official Proceedings of the Thirty-second Biennial Session of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
Title | Official Proceedings of the Thirty-second Biennial Session of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia |
Publisher | |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | African American fraternal organizations |
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History of Knights of Pythias
Title | History of Knights of Pythias PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph H. Morgan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1913 |
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Official Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, State of New Jersey, Jurisdiction of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
Title | Official Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, State of New Jersey, Jurisdiction of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Grand Lodge (N.J.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | African American fraternal organizations |
ISBN |
Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia
Title | Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Knights of Pythias |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | |
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Large-format pictorial poster illustrating the people and places involving the Twenty-second Biennial Session of the Knights of Pythias. Includes a program of the week-long series of events, and portraits of Knights of Pythias African American and white officials: Sir S.W. Green (Supreme Chancellor), Honorable Ernest G. Tidrington (Supreme Vice Chancellor), General R.R. Jackson (Commander-in-Chief of the Uniform Rank), Sir Lee Crawford (Grand Chancellor for the State of New York), Brigadier General R.R. Johnson of New York, and Bessie R. Johnston (Grand Worthy Chancellor for the State of New York, and the only woman pictured). Includes illustrations of Harlem institutions involved: a proposed Pythian Temple for 144th Street and Lenox Avenue, Rush Memorial Church on 138th Street ("where the Supreme Lodge Session will be held"), Abbysinian Baptist Church (Temporary Headquarters), and the Mother Zion A.M.E. Church on 137th Street ("151-153 W. 136th Street, where Supreme Court Session will be held")