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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peebles, Marilyn T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Alabama Grand Lodge.

Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans.

African American fraternal organizations--United States--History.

African American fraternal organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 6, 2013).

ISBN:

0-7618-8838-1

0-7618-5815-6

1-283-57426-8

9786613886712

OCLC:

854968714