Colored Farmers' Alliance

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Farmers Market
gptkbp:activities Education and training
Political organizing
Cooperative buying
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:National_Colored_Farmers'_Alliance
gptkb:Colored_Farmers'_National_Alliance_and_Cooperative_Union
gptkb:National_Farmers'_Alliance
gptkbp:areaServed gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1900
Economic challenges
Racial tensions
Decline in membership
gptkbp:founded 1886
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colored Farmers' Alliance
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Grange_movement
Populism
gptkbp:keyPeople gptkb:R._L._Smith
gptkb:C._H._Parrish
gptkb:J._W._Smith
gptkbp:legacy Foundation for future agricultural organizations
Influence_on_African_American_political_activism
Advancement_of_African_American_agricultural_interests
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:membership African_American_farmers
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:W._H._Smith
gptkb:R._L._Smith
gptkb:J._M._McGhee
gptkb:J._W._McGhee
gptkb:B._K._Bruce
gptkb:A._M._Smith
gptkbp:notableEvent Formation of local chapters
Participation_in_the_Populist_movement
Establishment_of_the_Colored_Farmers'_National_Alliance_and_Cooperative_Union
gptkbp:publications gptkb:The_Southern_Alliance_Farmer
The Colored Farmer
gptkbp:purpose Advocacy_for_African_American_farmers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Economic justice
Social justice
Labor movements
Agricultural_cooperatives
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Farmers'_Union
gptkbp:userCountries Over 1 million at peak