What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality
(Part of the Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691138362
ISBN13:9780691138367
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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