African American mutual aid societies
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:museum
mutual aid society |
| gptkbp:activeDuring |
18th century
19th century 20th century |
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
civil rights activism
education funding economic empowerment health care access burial societies African American community development |
| gptkbp:declinedAfter |
New Deal social programs
expansion of government welfare |
| gptkbp:emergedDueTo |
racial segregation
exclusion from white organizations |
| gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:African-American
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
leadership development
community resilience social safety net foundation for later civil rights organizations self-help tradition |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
African American mutual aid societies
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:notableExample |
gptkb:Grand_United_Order_of_Odd_Fellows
gptkb:Prince_Hall_Masons gptkb:Free_African_Society United Order of Tents Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World African Methodist Episcopal Church mutual aid groups |
| gptkbp:purpose |
promote education
provide financial assistance provide social support provide burial insurance provide health care |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Black churches
African American benevolent societies African American fraternal orders African American women's clubs |
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
African American churches
African American fraternal organizations |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Mutual_aid_society
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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