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The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
A Brief History
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2012
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5814-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5815-7
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
62
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. Founding of the Knights of Pythias No access Pages 1 - 6
Ch02. Founding of the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America,Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia No access Pages 7 - 14
Ch03. Founding of the Alabama Grand Lodge No access Pages 15 - 19
Ch04. Alabama Pythian sat the Turn of the Century No access Pages 20 - 31
