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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Threadgill" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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