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The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia - A Brief History (Hardcover)
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The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia - A Brief History (Hardcover)
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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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