Hello,

    The True Reformers published a book on their organization, though I do 
not have the citation.  W.E.B. DuBois covered the organization in one of his 
Atlanta University studies of the black community.  Moreover, some one at 
the LV--it is early and I cannot remember whom--did a MA thesis and an 
article in the VMHB on the True Reformers.

best,

Harold
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From: "Linda Threadgill" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: VA homeschooling & SOL


> Harold,
> You said-
> "Banks were not 100% white before Maggie Walker started the St. Luke's 
> Penny Savings Bank.  We are forgetting the bank of the Grand Fountain of 
> the United Order of True Reformers (and also the bank of the Virginia 
> Knights of Pythias, though I am not sure it preceded the St Luke's Bank)."
>
> Can you refer me to information on the True Reformers Bank? My 
> greatgrandfathers and other family members were members of the True 
> Reformers in the Jarratt, VA area.
>
> Linda