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200 14$aThe Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia $ea brief history /$fMarilyn T. Peebles
210   $aLanham, Md. $cUniversity Press of America$dc2012
215   $a1 online resource (71 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7618-5814-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aThe 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.  
606   $aAfrican Americans$xSocial life and customs
606   $aAfrican American fraternal organizations$zUnited States$xHistory
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615  0$aAfrican American fraternal organizations$xHistory.
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