Black Middle Class

  • 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.