Fraternal Orders
Membership organizations of men or women that bond individuals through shared goals, rituals, ceremonies, and mutual benefit.
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August 12 … The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor (IOT) was among the most significant African…
August 14 … The Independent Order of St. Luke (IOSL), one of the most influential Black mutual aid and fraternal…
March 6 … Prince Hall Freemasonry — the oldest and most influential African American fraternal organization in the United States…
March 6 … The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) — though founded in 1850 within white Masonic circles —…
May 24 … The Mosaic Templars of America, one of the most influential Black American fraternal organizations of the late…
June 6 … The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America and Its Jurisdictions, Inc.…
June 11 … Addie Waites Hunton was an influential African American educator, organizer, and civil rights activist whose work spanned…
June 12 … The Heroines of Jericho emerged in the 19th century as a women’s auxiliary within African American Prince…
July 15 … Maggie Lena Walker, the first African American woman to charter and lead an American bank, became one…
August 12 … The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor (IOT) was among the most significant African…