What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives)
By Unknown Author.
Description
From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of American men and women participated in fraternal associations--self-selecting brotherhoods and sisterhoods that provided aid to members, enacted group rituals, and engaged in community service. Even more than whites did, African Americans embraced this type of association; indeed, fraternal lodges rivaled churches as centers of black community life in cities, towns, and rural areas alike. Using an unprecedented variety of secondary and primary sources--including old documents, pictures, and ribbon-badges found in eBay auct...
ISBN(s)
0691138362, 9780691138367
