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Black Elite - Ugly Fishing Club
The Ugly Fishing Class was quickly populated with New York City's wealthiest black men. -
Black Professionals - PHTIC
Provident Hospital and Training Institute in Chicago is established by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. -
Black Professionals - Freedman Hospital
Freedman's Hospital was organized in Washington D.C. -
Talented Tenth
The Talented Tenth was mentioned to the world by W.E.B. DuBios. -
Entrepreneurs
Madam C.J. Walker developed a formula to nourish and enrich the hair of black women. -
Frats
Alpha Phi Alpha was formed by seven students at Cornell University. -
Sororities
Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded in 1908 at Howard University as the first black sorority. -
Urban League - NLUCN
National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes was founded in New York City. -
NAACP - Victory
The NAACP won its first major legal victory. -
NAACP - Prohibition of Lynching
NAACP tried to make it a law to prohibit lynching but it never reached success. -
Frats and Sororities - Clinics
Alpha Kappa Alpha opened a mobile health clinic in Mississippi. -
Black Pros - Lawyers
Black lawyers organized the National Bar Association after claiming the association was mainly social.