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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826886303321

Autore

Peebles Marilyn T

Titolo

The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia : a brief history / / Marilyn T. Peebles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, c2012

ISBN

0-7618-5815-6

1-283-57426-8

9786613886712

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (71 p.)

Disciplina

305.896073

Soggetti

African Americans - Social life and customs

African American fraternal organizations - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ch01. Founding of the Knights of Pythias; Ch02. Founding of the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America,Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia; Ch03. Founding of the Alabama Grand Lodge; Ch04. Alabama Pythian sat the Turn of the Century; Ch05. Pythians' Supreme Court Fight; Ch06. Expansion of the National Organization; Ch07. The Era of Oscar Adams, Sr.; Ch08. The Pythians since World War II; Appendix. The Pythian Bathhouse; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.