TY - BOOK ID - 78142037 TI - The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia : a brief history PY - 2012 SN - 0761858156 1283574268 9786613886712 9780761858157 9780761858140 PB - Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, DB - UniCat KW - African Americans KW - African American fraternal organizations KW - Fraternal organizations, African American KW - Fraternal organizations KW - Social life and customs. KW - History. KW - Societies, etc. KW - Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. KW - Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78142037 AB - 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. ER -