| Table IV |
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TYPES
OF BLACK ELITE ASSOCIATIONS BY 1930s
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Type Of Associations
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Type Of Associations
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Mutual
Benefit/Civic Type
|
Basic
Attributes
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Professional
Type
|
Basic
Attributes
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Prince
Hall Masons
|
Head
Office- Boston
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National
Medical Association
|
Head
Office- N.Y.
|
|
|
Members-
150,000
|
|
Founded-1895
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Royal
Arch Masons
|
Head
Office-New York
|
National
Assoc. of Colored Women
|
Head
Office-Evanston, Ind.
|
|
|
Members-
111,000
|
|
Founded-1895
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|
Odd
Fellows
|
Head
Office- Chicago
|
Nat.
Negro Business League
|
Head
Office-Tuskegee, Ala.
|
|
|
Members-
300,000
|
|
Founded-1900
|
|
Colored
Knights Of Pythias
|
Head
Office-New Orleans
|
Nat.
Assoc. of Colored Teachers
|
Founded-1904
|
|
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Members-250,000
|
|
|
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Imperial
Benevolent & Protection Order Of Elks
|
Head
Office-Washington
|
Nat.
Assoc. of Colored Nurses
|
Founded-1908
|
|
|
Members-100,000
|
|
|
|
|
Assets-$1,500,000
|
|
|
|
Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority
|
Head
Office-Washington
|
Nat.
Negro Insurance Association
|
Founded-1910
|
|
|
Founded-1913
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|
|
|
Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority
|
Founded-1908
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National
Urban League
|
Founded-1910
|
|
|
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Nat.
Negro Press Association
|
Founded-1915
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|
|
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National
Negro Bar Association
|
Founded-1923
|
|
|
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National
Hospital Association
|
Founded-1920s
|
|
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National
Assoc. of Negro Musicians
|
Founded-1920s
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