Organizing Black America : an encyclopedia of African American associations
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Organizing Black America : an encyclopedia of African American associations
Garland Pub., 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include:
* African Aid Society * African-Americans for Humanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * Black Women's Liberation Committee * Minority Women in Science * National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists * National Dental Association * National Medical Association * Negro Railway Labor Executives Committee * Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association * Women's Missionary Society, African Methodist Episcopal Church * and many more.
Table of Contents
Contents include: Civil rights/political associations National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice Mississipi Freedom Democratic Party Congressional Black Caucus Montgomery Improvement Association Professional/business/labor National Business League Black Stuntmen's Association National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union American Negro Labor Congress Religious/relief Union of Black Episcopalians Knights of Peter Claver Genesis Group, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Oblate Sisters of Providence National Freedmen's Relief Association Social/cultural International Rhythm and Blues Association Gospel Music Workshop of America Black Rock Coalition African American Museums Association American Negro Academy Educational/recreational Southern Education Foundation Southern Conference Educational Fund American Teachers Association National Bowling Association Association for the study of Afro-American Life and History Secret/mutual aid National Pan-Hellenic Council Phi Beta Sigma Mosaic Templars of America Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Independent Order of Good Templars Government commmisions National Advisory Commision on Civil Disorder Bureau for Colored Troops President's Initiative on Race Hoover's Colored Advisory Comission
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