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Knights of Columbus
SquareOne Publishers Re-Issues Knights of Columbus 1924 Black History Classic
February 8th, 2009
In 1924, Jim Crow laws were still enforced in many parts of the United States and the KKK was experiencing a resurgence. Martin Luther King Jr. had not yet been born, and the Civil Rights Act would not be enacted for another 40 years. Nonetheless, it was the year in which the Knights of Columbus commissioned and published a landmark history of black Americans: The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America, by civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), of which Du Bois was a founding member, and to mark the milestone, a new edition of...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-02-08)
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