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Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs. Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs ( AFWC; also known as GFWC Alabama) is a state organization composed of women's clubs in Alabama. Established in Birmingham in 1895, [1] and admitted to the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) on December 26, 1907. [2] Foster House became the official headquarters ...
Not Long" delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at the Alabama State Capitol. The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens ...
The Billings Petroleum Club (1954) [ 307][ 308] Butte. The Silver Bow Club (1906–1930), insolvent [ 309] The Montana Club 's 1905 building. Helena. Montana Club (1885) [ 310][ 311] Its 1905 new building was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert with attention to style of traditional London gentlemen's clubs.
The Athelstan Club, formerly The Athelstan Masonic Temple, is a private gentlemen's club in Mobile, Alabama, US, founded in 1873, tracing its roots to a Masonic lodge established in 1870. [1] By 1875 it had loosened membership to non-Masons and in 1876 formerly became The Athelstan Club. It admittedly admitted its first African American Member ...
Five women officers of the Women's League in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1899. The women's club movement was a social movement that took place throughout the United States that established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While women's organizations had existed earlier, it was not until the ...
The Birmingham Gay Village is an LGBT district next to the Chinese Quarter in Birmingham city centre, centred along Hurst Street, which hosts many LGBT-friendly businesses. [ 1] The village is visited by thousands of people every week and has a thriving night life featuring clubs, sports bars, cocktail bars, cabaret bars and shops, with most ...
State Line Mob. The State Line Mob was an association of criminal elements that operated in the 1950s and 1960s at the Mississippi–Tennessee state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi, and McNairy County, Tennessee, along U.S. Route 45. The State Line Mob was involved in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, tourist fleecing, robbery, and murder.
The first African American women's club in Alabama, the "Ten Times One is Ten Club" was established in Montgomery, Alabama in 1888. Laura Coleman, the founder, wanted to create a club to both improve the lives of the members and the community. It was followed by the Anna M. Duncan Club of Montgomery, established in 1897.